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Blood sampling unit
Assignee: MEDSCAN BV A CORP OF NETHERLANDS
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Filing: 1985-05-07
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Granted: 1987-03-10
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Expires: 2005-05-07
Abstract
Abstract A compact disposable blood sampling unit includes at least two, preferably three main components (1, 5, 2, 3; 1, 5, 12; 14, 15, 16), which in the storage and transport position are placed on top of each other. These main components comprise a lancet (14; 25) for making a prick for blood, means for taking up blood such as a test strip (13) or a cuvette (3) and a holder (1; 20) for a desinfectant. In the storage and transport position the lancet (4; 25) is enclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 David W. Hutcheson
- 👤 Engelbertus J. van der Molen
- 👤 Pieter J. Oly
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2026-10-22 23:17
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B5/00; A61B5/15; A61B5/151; A61B5/15142; A61B5/150007; A61B5/150015; A61B5/150022; A61B5/150206; A61B5/150305; A61B5/150343; A61B5/150351; A61B5/150358; A61B5/150374; A61B5/150381; A61B5/150412; A61B5/150503; A61B5/150534; A61B5/150694; A61B5/150717; A61B5/15101; A61B5/15103; A61B5/15105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A disposable blood sampling unit comprising three blocks connected to each other by hinged portions for movement between an open, operative position and a closed, storage position, one of said blocks carrying a lancet for pricking the skin of a user for draining a blood sample, another of said blocks defining a cavity for receiving said lancet when said blocks are in their closed storage position to protect said lancet, one of said blocks defining a recess for receipt of a disinfectant, and one of said blocks having means for accepting a blood sample from a user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A disposable blood sampling unit comprising three blocks connected to each other by hinged portions for movement between an open, operative position and a closed, storage position, one of said blocks carrying a lancet for pricking the skin of a user for draining a blood sample, another of said blocks defining a cavity for receiving said lancet when said blocks are in their closed storage position to protect said lancet, one of said blocks defining a recess for receipt of a disinfectant, and one of said blocks having means for accepting a blood sample from a user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a blood sample comprises a tube adapted to receive the user's blood.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 2 wherein the tube is removable from the one block.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 1 wherein the means for accepting a blood sample comprises a test strip carried by the one block.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 4 further including a piece of foil affixed to the one block and overlying the test strip, said piece of foil being provided with tab means for its ready removal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 5 wherein the foil strip overlies the recess receiving the disinfectant.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 6 wherein the block carrying the test strip and the block carrying the disinfectant are different blocks.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cavity in the other of the blocks opens through one of its faces and further terminates at a finger receiving portion at the other of its faces.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
86 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 8 wherein the lancet does not normally extend into the finger receiving portion of the other block when the one block and the other block are in a first position and further including yieldable biasing means for releasably restraining the one block and the other block in the first position and for permitting a user to press the block to another position wherein the lancet enters the finger receiving recess for piercing the skin of the user.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 9 wherein the releasably restraining means comprises a portion on the one block adapted to enter into the first portion of the cavity on the other block.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 9 wherein the releasable restraining means comprises a releasable latching means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A blood sampling unit as set forth in claim 9 wherein the lancet is normally biased to a retracted position and is spring urged to enter into the finger receiving portion for piercing the skin of a user.
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