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US 5,707,384 AGranted
Lancet device for obtaining blood samples
AssigneeTeramecs Co., Ltd.
InventorInhwan Kim
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Abstract
A lancet device for obtaining blood samples comprising a body, a spring housed therein, a needle urged by the spring, a retaining mechanism for preventing the needle from projecting, a release part for releasing the retainment of the needle, and a needle cover covering the needle, wherein the retaining mechanism includes a needle-mounting member with an elastic member fixed thereto and a retaining part formed on the body and engaged with the elastic member, and the release part is a releasing member formed on the body.
Claims9
A lancet device for obtaining blood samples comprising:
- (1) a body having upper and lower parts, two lateral sides and two lateral retaining parts;
- (2) a spring housed in said body;
- (3) a needle in a mounting member and being urged by said spring;
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- (4) an elastic member fixed to said mounting member and engaging said lateral retaining parts to prevent said needle from being projected;
- wherein each said lateral side comprises a trigger element which inwardly deforms said elastic member when depressed by the user, and said elastic member is disengaged from said lateral retaining parts when all said trigger elements are depressed substantially simultaneously, thereby releasing said needle.
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