Lancing devices
AssigneeMarldell Limited
InventorSteve Kuester
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Abstract
A single use lancing device comprising: a housing (10) defining a cavity; a needle assembly (12) comprising a needle (50) and a needle holder (52) and located within the cavity; a release member (16); and a spring (14) arranged to bias the needle assembly in a forward direction relative to the release member; wherein the release member comprises retaining arms (38) and is movable relative to the housing between a primed position in which the retaining arms are arranged to cooperate with the housing to restrain the needle assembly in a primed position, and a deployed position in which the restraining arms are arranged to release the needle assembly to deploy the needle.
Claims12
A single use lancing device comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity;
- a needle assembly comprising a needle and a needle holder and located within the cavity;
- a release member;
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- a spring arranged to bias the needle assembly in a forward direction relative to the release member;
- wherein the release member comprises retaining arms and is movable relative to the housing between a primed position in which the retaining arms are arranged to cooperate with the housing to restrain the needle assembly in a primed position, and a deployed position in which the restraining arms are arranged to release the needle assembly to deploy the needle, wherein the lancing device further comprises a needle cover which is formed integrally with the needle holder with a shear portion there between so that the needle cover can be removed from the needle and needle holder and a removable safety member arranged to retain the release member in its primed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.