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Blood lancet
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1983-03-07
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Granted: 1985-10-08
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Expires: 2003-03-07
Abstract
Abstract In a blood lancet consisting of a handle and a tip, which are injection molded in one piece of plastic, there is provided according to the invention a protective yoke which protects the tip against damage. The protective yoke (24) is integrally molded to the handle in one piece, leaving predetermined break points, so that it can be broken off. The tip of rhombic cross-section comprises a base which imparts mechanical stability and limits the pricking depth, and an offset fine pricking tip.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Beiter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 21:48
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B17/3209; A61B17/32093; A61B5/00; A61B5/15; A61B5/150007; A61B5/150015; A61B5/150022; A61B5/150206; A61B5/150259; A61B5/150274; A61B5/150282; A61B5/150374; A61B5/150381; A61B5/150412; A61B5/150427; A61B5/150534; A61B5/150541; A61B5/150557; A61B5/150694; A61B5/150717; A61B5/151; A61B5/15101; A61B5/15103; A61B5/15105; A61B5/15142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A relatively flat blood lancet, having a handle portion and a tip portion having sharp edges, which portions are made of plastic in one piece, comprising: a flat protective yoke-like guard integrally formed as a part of said one piece of plastic, and said protective yoke-like guard being attached at two weakened breakoff points to said handle only on opposite sides of said tip but free of any contact therewith, with said tip being received unobstructedly in a cutout-like recess form transversely of said protective yoke-like guard; and said tip being spaced away so as to be free from said protective yoke-like guard, thereby leaving the sharp edges of said tip free and clear of any plastic material, and said two weakened breakoff attachment points of said protective yoke-like guard adapted to be broken off by bending said protective yoke-like guard in a direction perpendicular to a plane passing through said blood lancet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A relatively flat blood lancet, having a handle portion and a tip portion having sharp edges, which portions are made of plastic in one piece, comprising: a flat protective yoke-like guard integrally formed as a part of said one piece of plastic, and said protective yoke-like guard being attached at two weakened breakoff points to said handle only on opposite sides of said tip but free of any contact therewith, with said tip being received unobstructedly in a cutout-like recess form transversely of said protective yoke-like guard; and said tip being spaced away so as to be free from said protective yoke-like guard, thereby leaving the sharp edges of said tip free and clear of any plastic material, and said two weakened breakoff attachment points of said protective yoke-like guard adapted to be broken off by bending said protective yoke-like guard in a direction perpendicular to a plane passing through said blood lancet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The blood lancet according to claim 1, wherein the two weakened breakoff attachment points of the said protective yoke-like guard on the opposite sides of said tip are formed as predetermined break points.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The blood lancet according to claim 1, wherein said tip has a cross-section which is elongated in one of its transverse axis and which widens toward the center of the cross-section in the direction of the other transverse axis normal to the former.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The blood lancet according to claim 3, wherein said tip is rhombic in cross-section and has sharp lateral side edges.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The blood lancet according to claim 3, wherein said tip has a base of large pyramidal angle and an offset pricking tip of a smaller pyramidal angle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The blood lancet according to claims 3 or 5, wherein said handle and said protective yoke-like guard have essentially the same flat cross-section, and their thickness corresponds to the minor diagonal of the rhombic base area of said tip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The blood lancet according to claim 6, wherein the distance between said tip and said protective yoke-like guard is smaller than the thickness of the protective yoke-like guard.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The blood lancet according to claim 7, wherein axially contiguous to said tip, said recess is lengthened by means of a longitudinal slit which opens into a vent hole formed transversely of said protective yoke-like guard.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The blood lancet according to claim 7, wherein said handle and said protective yoke-like guard are provided with a plurality of gripping depressions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The blood lancet according to claim 7, wherein said handle has a thin central region and a thicker peripheral edge, and said gripping depressions of said handle are formed in said peripheral edge.
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