Re-usable end cap for re-usable lancet devices for removing and

Details Re-usable end cap for re-usable lancet devices for removing and Re-usable end cap for re-usable lancet devices for removing and

1996-09-23

1998-08-25

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

A61B 1732

Patent

active

057979421

ABSTRACT:
An improved and re-useable end cap for use with common, hand-held lancet devices, of the type having a main body and an actuatable lancet receiving assembly structured to temporarily hold a lancet inserted thereinto and to drive the lancet into a piercing orientation so as to prick a patient's skin. The re-useable end cap of the present invention includes a housing having a first end defining an open mouth for removable attachment to the lancet device, a second end having an opening therein and defining a tubular, hollow, main body between therebetween. The open mouth and main body of the cap are structured and disposed to permit at least partial passage of the lancet and lancet receiving assembly therethrough and into a piercing orientation wherein a sharp tip of said lancet is exposed through the opening of the second cap end. The improved re-usable end cap of the present invention, which are intended for use after the lancet receiving assembly has been fired, includes at least one member attached to the cap housing which is movable relative to the cap between a first withdrawn position and a second engaged position. In the second engaged position, the at least one member attached to the cap housing engages the lancet so as to withdraw the lancet from the lancet receiving assembly upon removal of the end cap from the lancet device, and can be utilized to selectively retain the lancet within the cap to facilitate proper disposal.

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patent: 5207699 (1993-05-01), Coe
patent: 5454828 (1995-10-01), Schraga

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