Single-step disposable safety lancet apparatus and methods
US6358265B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/15144
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Three embodiments of a single-step lancet are disclosed. Each such lancet embodiment provides true one-step operation. In a single operational step requiring only a unidirectional displacement of an actuator into a housing, a lancet blade is removed from an aseptic environment which protects and retains the lancet blade in a pre-sterilized state within the housing prior to use, stores energy in an energy storage medium, activates the lancet blade to perform a lance and for safety retracts the lancet blade into the housing.
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