Blood lancet device

US4442836A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Clinicon Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Meinecke · Mannheim, DE
• Werner Schmidt · Chemnitz, DE
• Rudolf Schussler · Mannheim, DE
• Rainer Van Rijckevorsel · Münstermaifeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1981
• Grant date: Apr 17, 1984
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/150068
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A blood lancet device for taking blood for diagnostic purposes, having a housing with an exit opening for the lancet, a lancet guide for guiding the puncturing and return movement of the lancet, a spring drive for movement of the lancet and a stop by means of which the lancet is held in a position remote from the part of the body from which blood is to be taken. In the region of the exit opening for the lancet, a release element is present in the housing, the release element being in operative connection with the stop.