Patent ID: 7238192
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A lancing device, including: a housing having an opening and a support surface; a lancet holder movably mounted in the opening including a lancet and a bearing member configured to rest on the support surface when the lancet holder is in a first position; a trigger unit having a release button configured such that when the release button is actuated, linear movement of the release button along a longitudinal axis of the housing is converted into rotational movement of one of the bearing member and the support surface relative to the other of the bearing member and the support surface and causes the lancet holder to move into a second position wherein the bearing member falls from the support surface; and a spring in engagement with the lancet holder such that when the lancet holder is in the first position, the spring is tensioned, and when the lancet holder is moved into the second position, the spring at least partially relaxes thereby moving the lancet holder relative to the housing in a lancing direction such that a tip of the lancet emerges from an end of the housing.