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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8439941 | Disposable lancing device A disposable lancing device including: a lancet housed in a housing and urged by a spring member such that a puncture member provided at a distal end of the lancet is adapted to extend out from the housing so as to carry out a puncturing operation; a locking ring di... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8419761 | Blood lancet device This invention relates to a blood lancet device that is used to collect a small quantity of blood from a human body. More specifically, it relates to a blood lancet device that: can control the depth of the lancet needle's penetration of the skin; can push the lance... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8414608 | 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... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8398664 | Lancing device and lancet A lancing device and lancet are provided with depth-control, lancet ejection, and/or guidance mechanisms. The depth-control mechanism includes a dial rotationally mounted at a distal end of the housing of the lancing device, the dial being coupled to a linkage where... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8394117 | Handheld apparatus for creating a puncture wound The invention relates to a method for creating a puncture wound for obtaining a sample of a body fluid from a body part in which a skin opening is created at a puncture site in the epidermis in a skin-opening step. Then, in a sample collection step a sample collecti... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8377088 | Lancet A lancet including a needle; a body for holding the needle; and a cap for shielding at least the tip of the needle; the body and/or the cap being moulded, wherein the body and the cap are bonded together during moulding, and wherein, at the interface between the bod... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8372105 | Puncture instrument A puncture instrument includes a needle assembly, a hub passage for axially guiding a hub, a needle passage communicating with the hub passage and having a distal end opening for allowing the tip end of a needle to project instantaneously therethrough, two arms havi... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8372103 | Lancet firing device There is provided a lancet firing device comprising a projection, configured to project into an interior cavity of a lancet body when a lancet having a lancet body is loaded into the firing device; and means to grip an inner wall of the lancet body, the means being ... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8372104 | Lancet for blood collection and puncture needle unit A lancet having a slider with a puncture needle holding mechanism at one end thereof, and having a cam ring with a continuous cam groove, rotatable about a support shaft, and with a cam ring claw and an anti-return claw restricting the rotation. The lancet also havi... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8366729 | Lancing device and method of sample collection A lancing device and method for self-collecting a sample of body fluid by penetrating a body tissue at a sampling site. The invention includes a housing geometry configured for ease of use at different sampling sites on the body, even by persons having reduced dexte... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8361099 | Puncture aid with protection against reuse The present invention provides a puncture aid comprising a housing in which a lancet holder with a lancet is displaceably mounted, the lancet holder being connected to a spring element. The lancet holder has at least one bearing element and the housing has a support... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8317812 | Lancet device with lance retraction A lancet device includes a hollow housing defining a cavity and having a proximal end and a distal end and a slider slidable at least partially within the cavity along a longitudinal axis from an outward position to a pushed position. The slider extends outside of t... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8308747 | Puncture device The present invention relates to a puncture device 1 for moving a puncture element 21 in a piercing direction N1 and for piercing a target site with the puncture element 21. The puncture device 1 is for moving a second member 42... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8303614 | Double-ended lancet, method and lancet device using the double-ended lancet, and method of assembling and/or making the double-ended lancet Double-ended lancet unit for a lancet device. The unit includes a lancet body having a first end and a second end and being sized and configured to frictionally engage with a holding member of the lancet device. A first lancet needle projects from the first end and ... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8262685 | Disposable lancing device A disposable lancing device including: a housing; a spring member; a lancet having a skin puncture needle, the spring member and the lancet being housed within the housing such that a needle tip of the skin puncture needle is adapted to be projected out from the hou... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8262684 | Lancet system with a sterile protector The present invention provides a lancet system having a lancet tip protected by a sterile protector. The sterile protector includes a weakened portion near the tip end of the protector, which, during a puncturing operation, separates or tears in order to release the... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8257380 | Adjustabable disposable/single-use lancet device and method Adjustable Single-use lancet device that includes a body. A trigger is mounted to the body. A skin engaging end includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle extends. A holding member is movably mounted within the body and includes a front end a rear end. ... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8246645 | Lancet assembly and pricking device A lancet assembly includes a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein the lancet includes a lancet body, a lancet cap and a pricking component, the pricking component is situated in both of the lancet body and the lancet cap, the tip of the ... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8211133 | Lancets A lancet has a generally tubular body (1). A hollow insert (4) with a closed end plugs one end of the body (1), and it has a co-axial projection (5) forming a sharp tip proud of that end of the body. The body (1) and insert (4 | 07/03/2012 |
| 8192454 | Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Lancing devices are disclosed having a carriage slidably disposed within the housing and a lancet carrier configured to directly receive and hold the lancet. The lancet carrier is engaged within the carriage and movable relative to and independently of the carriage ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
