×

Vacuum assisted lancing device

  • US 6,152,942 A
  • Filed: 06/14/1999
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A vacuum assisted lancing device (10) comprising:

  • a housing (14,

         24) having an open end (22);

    a lancet holder (20) mounted in said housing;

    a first resilient member (58) mounted in said housing (14,

         24) and associated with said lancet holder (20) to bias said lancet holder (20) toward said open end (22) of said housing (14,

         24);

    a second resilient member (32) mounted in said housing associated with said lance holder (20) to bias said lancet holder (20) away from said open end (22) of said housing (14;

         24) anda flexible vacuum member (38,

         66) in said housing associated with said lancet holder (20) and flexed, after said lancet holder (20) is biased away from said open end (22), to displace air in said housing (14,

         24).

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×