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US 9,724,031 B2Granted
Lancet
AssigneeClinical Innovations, LLC
InventorsPatrick Yi, Robert L. Gibb, Jr.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lancet for performing an incision. The lancet has a blade for providing an incision and a trigger housed in a housing. The trigger has a first trigger arm, a second trigger arm and a flexible member connected to the second trigger arm. A resilient member may be disposed within the housing in a pre-cutting state in which it stores energy and arranged to exert a force for moving the second trigger arm and the blade from a first stowed position through a cutting position and to a second stowed position.
Claims20
A lancet comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade located in the housing;
- a trigger comprising a first trigger arm, a second trigger arm connected to the first trigger arm through a hinge;
- a flexible member connected to the blade, and to the second trigger arm at a location remote from the hinge, the flexible member configured to allow the blade to be maneuvered, upon activation of the trigger, in a nonlinear path from a first stowed position through a cutting position to a second stowed position;
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- a resilient member disposed within the housing between portions of the first trigger arm and the second trigger arm remote from the hinge in a pre-cutting state in which energy is stored, the resilient member arranged to exert a force for moving a portion of the second trigger arm remote from the hinge away from the first trigger arm upon activation of the trigger to pull the blade in the nonlinear path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.