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Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly

US7998160B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignees

ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. · US
FACET TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · US

Inventors

Ray Lathrop · Nashville, US
John Andrew Trissel · Canton, US
Stephen J. Flynn · Peachtree City, US
Samuel Mason Curry · San Francisco, US
Bradley Koeppel · Smyrna, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2010
Grant date	Aug 16, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/15194
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

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 lancet from the lancet carrier. A locking member is pivotally mounted to the housing. As the ejection slide moves forward, it rotates the locking member to block forward movement of the lancet carrier during ejection. The locking member is configured so that substantially all of the force exerted on it by the lancet carrier is transmitted to the housing via the pivotal mounting.

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