VARIABLE FIT LANCET
First Claim
1. A lancet comprising a lancet body and a sharp lancing tip extending from the lancet body, the lancet body comprising at least one flexing engagement fin, whereby the at least one flexing engagement fin is resiliently deformable upon insertion into a receiver of a lancing device.
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Abstract
A lancet having a lancet body and a sharp lancing tip extending from the lancet body, the lancet body including at least one flexing engagement fin, which is resiliently deformable upon insertion into a receiver of a lancing device. The outer dimension of the lancet effectively self-adjusts to conform to a wide range of receiver inner dimensions, and as such, the lancet of the present invention enables universal application with a larger range of lancing devices than previously known lancets.
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- 1. A lancet comprising a lancet body and a sharp lancing tip extending from the lancet body, the lancet body comprising at least one flexing engagement fin, whereby the at least one flexing engagement fin is resiliently deformable upon insertion into a receiver of a lancing device.
- 11. A lancet comprising a body and a sharp lancet tip, the body of the lancet comprising a plurality of outwardly projecting engagement fins, each of the plurality of outwardly projecting engagement fins having a base edge and a free edge, the free edge being flexibly movable relative to the base edge between an unflexed state and a flexed state, whereby the free edges of the outwardly projecting engagement fins are circumscribable within a first receiver periphery in their unflexed state and are circumscribable within a second receiver periphery in their flexed state, the first receiver periphery defining a first peripheral dimension and the second receiver periphery defining a corresponding second peripheral dimension, the first peripheral dimension being larger than the second peripheral dimension.
- 22. A lancet comprising a body having a central core with four flexible engagement fins projecting outwardly therefrom along at least a portion of the central core'"'"'s length, each of the four flexible engagement fins having a root edge attached to the central core and a free edge distal its root edge, the root edge defining a first thickness and the free edge defining a second thickness, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness.
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