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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172866 | Medical aid The invention relates to a medical aid which comprises a lancet. The lancet is at least partially enclosed by a packaging that comprises a flexible film section. The lancet is arranged displaceably between upper and lower protective sections of the packaging. The fl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152826 | Lancet device A lancet device for obtaining a blood sample from a finger or at an alternate site of a patient. The lancet device includes a body and a lancet, the lancet being movable between a retracted position in which the lancet tip is disposed within the body and an extended... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147509 | Puncture needle cartridge and lancet for blood collection A lancet is pressed against a puncture needle cartridge while fitting a puncture needle loading inlet of the lancet to the axis of a puncture needle on the puncture needle cartridge. In order to facilitate the operation, one of plural puncture needles, arranged in p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142465 | Patient's skin puncturing device A patient's skin puncturing device comprises a body (1), inside of which a puncturing needle (4) and at least one turned down arm (5, 6) are guided, and a push button (2). Between body (1) and button (2) activating elements ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8123772 | Cap for lancing device with adjustable mode of operation Caps and cap assemblies for lancing devices with adjustable modes of use are disclosed herein. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an adjustable cap assembly for a lancing device having a housing is disclosed. The assembly comprises at least one ca... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123771 | Lancing unit, lancing member removal tool and lancing apparatus A lancing unit (U) includes a support member (1) provided with engagement means (19A) which is inserted into a housing (4) of a lancing apparatus (A) for engagement with an engagement surface (24a) of a lancing member (2) wh... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118824 | Magnetic powered lancing drive A self-powered lancing drive system and lancing technique uses permanent magnets to initially store the potential energy that is converted to kinetic energy for extending a lancet during lancing. This self-powered lancing drive system is a pure permanent magnet driv... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109959 | Blood sampling needle A blood sampling needle has a shell, a trigger seat, a needle stand, an elastic resetter and a safety switching member. The shell is provided with inner wall, retaining space, needle outlet and insertion end. A through-flange is formed into the shell. The through-fl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105347 | Adjustable disposable/single-use blade lancet device and method Single-use blade lancet device includes a body having a rear end and a front end that includes a blade tip opening. A trigger is mounted to the body. A blade member is movably mounted within the body and includes a front end and a rear end. The blade member is movab... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097013 | Skin incision instrument and method for incising skin with the same Provided are skin incision instrument to efficiently incise minimal portions and a method for incising skin with the skin incision instrument. The skin incision instrument according to the present invention comprises a holder, a needle, a needle drive unit, two or m... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092476 | Adjustable cap and lancing device and method of use Disclosed are cap embodiments each comprising a body having a skin-engaging end defining a piercing aperture, a lancet receiver, and an intermediate member. A first cam path is located on one of the lancet receiver and the intermediate member, and a first cam follow... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083760 | Lancet system with a sterile protector The present invention provides a lancet system having a lancet tip, a lancet body, and an outer body or housing which surrounds the lancet tip and in which the lancet tip is movable. The outer body or housing comprises deformable material which can be pierced by the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8048096 | Lancet device A lancet device generally includes a housing having opposing lateral sides extending between a forward end and a rearward end, and a shield coaxially and movably associated with the housing. The housing includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending along a por... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043317 | System for withdrawing blood The present invention includes a system for withdrawing body fluids. The system includes a drive unit having a plunger which is moved from a resting position into a lancing position in order to carry out a lancing process and a lancing unit containing a lancet with ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038694 | Lancet instrument A lancet instrument detachably fitted to a lancing apparatus, comprising a lancet having a lancet body with a sharp lancet tip at its tip, a lancet hub fixed to the lancet body so that the lancet tip is exposed, and an elastic deformation part extended from the lanc... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8016847 | Lancet and lancing apparatus The present invention provides a lancet (X1) which includes a case (1) including an internal space (10), and a lancing unit (2) which includes a lancing needle (20) and which is movable within the internal space (10) in an a... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016848 | Lancets and methods of use Lancets and methods of use are provided. Embodiments include lancets including a sleeve mounted to an elongated body having a needle terminating in a sharp tip. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002785 | Lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound A lancing apparatus for producing a puncture wound, comprising a magazine holder for a lancet magazine with a plurality of lancets. The lancet drive comprises a drive spring, a tensioning device for tensioning the drive spring and a push rod, the push rod being adap... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998160 | Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly A lancing device is provided for use with a removable lancet. The lancing device includes a housing and a lancet carrier slidably disposed within the housing and adapted to receive the lancet. A user-actuated ejection slide is mounted to the housing to eject the lan... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976558 | System for withdrawing body fluid The present invention relates to a compression device for stimulating the efflux of a body fluid from a body part. The device has a compression unit with a pressure-application region made of a deformable material, the region being formed to generate a repulsive for... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7955347 | Low cost safety lancet A lancing device has a housing, an activation/retraction control assembly, and a lancet. The control assembly and the housing have cooperating engagement structures such as detents that disengage after a predetermined launch force is applied to the control assembly.... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955348 | Lancing devices and methods Lancing devices for use with removable lancets having sharp tips are provided. Embodiments include an interlock within the housing that blocks insertion of the lancet when the device is already cocked. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947057 | Lancet having adjustable penetration depth Lancet device including a first housing. A first guide wall is disposed within the first housing. The first guide wall includes an opening. A cap removably mounted to the first housing. A needle holding member for holding a lancet. At least a portion of the needle h... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7927345 | Lancet cartridges and lancing devices A lancet cartridge has a U-shaped support with a pair of anchor portions, a base portion, and a pair of deformable leg portions connecting the anchor portions to the base portion. The pair of deformable leg portions change shape from an initial shape to an extended ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914546 | Lancet Plastics material injected through an entry point of a mould at the location (8) is caused to deflect around a pin which creates the hole (14) in a guard (5), so as to increase the balance of flow of material to either side of the pin (9)... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914547 | Adjustable lancing devices and methods Lancing devices and methods of use are provided. Also provided are lancets for use with lancing devices. Certain embodiments of the lancing devices include a front end cap with an annular skin-engaging surface surrounding a piercing aperture. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909842 | Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Lancing devices are provided for use with a lancet. The lancing device includes a housing and a carriage assembly slidably disposed within the housing. A depth adjustment mechanism is coupled to the carriage to move the carriage and lancet carrier forward and backwa... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905898 | Adjustable lancet device and method Lancet device that includes a body. A front cover includes a skin engaging end that includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member is movably mounted within the body. The holding member includes a front end and a rear end. The fron... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7875047 | Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with sterility barrier release A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend ou... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7867244 | Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly A lancing device is provided for use with a removable lancet. The lancing device includes a housing and a lancet carrier slidably disposed within the housing and adapted to receive the lancet. A user-actuated ejection slide is mounted to the housing to eject the lan... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7842059 | Puncturing device The device is built of a housing (1), wherein a push button (3) is positioned, and the puncturing needle (5), wherein the push button (3) has arms (7, 8) to guide the push button (3) inside the housing (1), and a driv... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7811302 | Lancet device for puncturing the skin A lancet device for puncturing the skin of mammals, in particular of a human, includes a punch element, a manipulator, and a bushing element for the internal, axially displaceable reception of the punch element. The punch element on its free end has a lancet, provid... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7785338 | Lancing aid comprising a lancet system that is protected against re-use The present invention is generally directed towards the field of lancing aids in which disposable lancet systems are used. The lancet system according to the invention has a needle body which surrounds the needle tip in a lancet system in a protective manner and als... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7731729 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7713280 | Lancets A return spring arrangement for a lancet (6) is provided by a pair of undulating plastic webs (14) formed integrally with the lancet. The undulations of the two webs (14) are shown out of phase with one another. These webs (14) are flexib... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7678126 | Lancet depth adjustment assembly A lancet depth adjustment assembly structured to be used use with a lancet device of the type including a lancet disposed movably within a housing so as to pass into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670352 | Adjustable tip with integrated detent for blood lancet system Disclosed is an adjustable tip for a blood lancet device that is adjustable between several distances for varying the depth of skin puncture by a lancet needle. The adjustable tip includes a sleeve having a helical groove with spaced depressions and an end cap place... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655017 | Lancet An improved lancet having a body integrally molded about an elongated shaft of a lancet needle and an easy twist off cap is disclosed. The lancet body further includes a cap integrally molded about the pointed end of the lancet needle and joined to the lancet body b... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651512 | Lancer A lancer device that enables a user to draw blood from a patient and discard the used lancet without touching it. The device also has an adjustable tip for selecting the depth of stylet penetration into the patient and a triggering mechanism that utilizes a yoke lat... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7597700 | Lancet removal tool A lancet removal tool 26 comprises an elongate hollow body 28 having an opening 32 at one end. The opening 32 is bounded by resilient fingers 36 which can flex to expand the opening 32 to engage the body 16 of the lan... | 10/06/2009 |
