Skin piercing tool for locally puncturing a human or an animal skin and hand-held device

US10722697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MT.DERM GMBH · DE

Inventor

• Dirk Scherkowski · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 25, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2250/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a skin piercing tool for locally puncturing a human or an animal skin, comprising a piercing needle, which is embodied as solid needle, in the case of which a needle body has a proximal needle section and a distal needle section, in which a piercing tip is arranged, wherein the needle body has a needle section, which is resilient against the piercing tip in response to a compressive stress, wherein the resilient needle section is arranged on the needle body in the area of an angled needle section, in which adjacent needle sections assume an angle of less than 180° with one another. Further, a hand-held device for repeated local puncturing of a human or an animal skin is provided.