Compact multi-use lancing device
US7481819B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/1519
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multi-use micro-sampling or lancing device (10) having an outer housing (12), a lancet holder (32) that engages a lancet (30) and constrains the lancet along a controlled and predefined path of travel during the lancing stroke, and a drive mechanism with a pair of opposed, off axis torsion springs (80,82) working in tandem to drive and return the lancet holder through its lancing stroke.
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