Single use lancet assembly
First Claim
1. A single use lancet assembly comprising:
- a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a trigger assembly structured to position said lancet into said cocked orientation and to release said lancet from its cocked orientation; and
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
said trigger assembly further including a trigger lock structured to at least partially immobilize said trigger assembly within at least a portion of said housing after said lancet has been affirmatively released one time, thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger assembly to a pre-actuation orientation and preventing re-firing of said lancet.
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Abstract
A single use lancet assembly having a housing, with an open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein, a lancet, with a body and a piercing tip positioned in the open interior of the housing and movable between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, a driving assembly structured to move the lancet into the piercing orientation, and a single use trigger assembly structured to actuate an actuating mechanism thereby allowing the lancet to move, at least temporarily, from its cocked orientation to its piercing orientation. The single use trigger assembly is structured such that it may not be positioned to actuate the actuating mechanism more than one time, thereby preventing inadvertent or intentional re-use of a contaminated piercing tip.
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35 Claims
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1. A single use lancet assembly comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a trigger assembly structured to position said lancet into said cocked orientation and to release said lancet from its cocked orientation; and
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
said trigger assembly further including a trigger lock structured to at least partially immobilize said trigger assembly within at least a portion of said housing after said lancet has been affirmatively released one time, thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger assembly to a pre-actuation orientation and preventing re-firing of said lancet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A single use lancet assembly comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a trigger assembly structured to at least position said lancet into said cocked orientation;
an actuating mechanism secured to said lancet and structured to abut an interior portion of said housing thereby retaining said lancet in said cocked orientation until affirmatively released;
said trigger assembly further structured to at least partially engage an actuating surface on said actuating mechanism and push said actuating mechanism into said open interior of said housing thereby affirmatively releasing said lancet from said cocked orientation; and
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation;
said trigger assembly including a trigger lock structured to at least partially immobilize said trigger assembly within at least a portion of said housing after said lancet has been affirmatively released one time thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger assembly to a pre-actuation orientation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A single use lancet assembly comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a trigger assembly structured to at least position said lancet into said cocked orientation;
an actuating mechanism disposed at least partially in said housing and structured to retain said lancet in said cocked orientation until affirmatively released;
said trigger assembly further structured to engage and affirmatively release said actuating mechanism thereby affirmatively releasing said lancet from said cocked orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
a trigger lock structured to at least partially immobilize said trigger assembly in at least a portion of said housing after said lancet has been affirmatively released one time thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger assembly to a pre-actuation orientation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A single use lancet assembly comprising:
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a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein;
a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip;
said lancet disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation;
a trigger assembly structured to position said lancet into said cocked orientation and to release said lancet from its cocked orientation;
a driving assembly structured to move said lancet at least temporarily into said piercing orientation; and
said trigger assembly including a lock member structured to extend into said housing after actuation of said trigger assembly, said lock member structured to be engaged by an actuating mechanism so as to retain said trigger assembly in a post-actuation orientation and prevent re-firing of said lancet.
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Specification