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Compact multi-use lancing device

US8034068B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2008
Grant dateOct 11, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 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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