Compact multi-use lancing device
US8034068B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/1519
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multi-use micro-sampling or lancing device having an outer housing, a lancet holder that engages a lancet and constrains the lancet along a controlled and pre-defined path of travel during the lancing stroke, and a drive mechanism with a pair of opposed, off-axis torsion springs working in tandem to drive and return the lancet holder through its lancing stroke.
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