Blood component measurement device and tip for blood measurement
First Claim
1. A blood component measurement device comprising:
- a tip for blood measurement comprising a puncture needle possessing an axis and linearly movable for being advanced and retreated in an axial direction of the needle;
a contact section which has a cavity permitting said puncture needle to pass therethrough and which comes into contact with a skin, the contact section displaceable in a direction that is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the axis of said puncture needle;
a measurement unit for measuring a component of blood sampled; and
a blood introduction section spaced from said puncture needle in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of said puncture needle and communicating with said measurement unit, the blood introduction section being at a position out of contact with the skin when the puncture needle punctures the skin, andafter the skin is punctured by said puncture needle by linear advancement of the puncture needle in the axial direction, said blood introduction section is configured to be displaced from the position out of contact with the skin, in the axial direction of said puncture needle toward the skin and also in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of said puncture needle.
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Abstract
A blood component measurement device (10) has a puncturing unit (18) provided inside a housing (12) and having a puncture needle (16); a button unit (20) for advancing and retreating the puncture needle (16); a contact mechanism (68) coming into contact with the skin of a person to be measured; and a holder (14) for displaceably holding the puncturing unit (18). The blood component measurement device (10) also has an introduction section (94) at the substantially center of a contact member (70). After the skin is punctured by the puncture needle (16) provided at the substantially center of the mechanism (68), the introduction section (94) introduces blood to testing paper (100) when the contact member (70) of the contact mechanism (68) is displaced in a sliding manner along a guide member (72).
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12 Claims
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1. A blood component measurement device comprising:
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a tip for blood measurement comprising a puncture needle possessing an axis and linearly movable for being advanced and retreated in an axial direction of the needle; a contact section which has a cavity permitting said puncture needle to pass therethrough and which comes into contact with a skin, the contact section displaceable in a direction that is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the axis of said puncture needle; a measurement unit for measuring a component of blood sampled; and a blood introduction section spaced from said puncture needle in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of said puncture needle and communicating with said measurement unit, the blood introduction section being at a position out of contact with the skin when the puncture needle punctures the skin, and after the skin is punctured by said puncture needle by linear advancement of the puncture needle in the axial direction, said blood introduction section is configured to be displaced from the position out of contact with the skin, in the axial direction of said puncture needle toward the skin and also in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of said puncture needle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for obtaining a blood sample comprising:
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pressing a body part against a contact section which possesses a through hole; linearly moving a needle possessing an axis in the axial direction of the needle through the through hole in the contact section to puncture skin of the body part at a puncture site with a tip end of the needle to result in a blood sample, the tip end of the needle being located in a first region of the through hole during puncture of the skin, the needle passing through a guide block during puncture of the skin, the guide block being movable relative to the contact section, the guide block including a blood introduction port connected to a passage, the blood introduction port being orthogonally spaced from the axis of the tip end of the needle and outside the first region; relatively moving the guide block and the contact section after the puncture of the skin to cause the tip end of the needle to move away from said first region of the through hole of the contact section and to move the introduction port into the first region of the through hole of the contact section so that the introduction port is positioned adjacent the puncture site, wherein relatively moving the guide block and the contact section includes displacing the contact section in a direction that is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the axis of said puncture needle; the blood sample at the puncture site being introduced into the introduction port and supplied to a test paper containing a reagent; and measuring a component in the blood sample supplied to the test paper. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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