Patent ID: 6589261
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61B,B29C

Abstract:
A lancet for use with a lancing device, said lancet having a body, a needle or blade positioned therein, and a needle cover, the body and needle cover being unitarily formed from plastic, characterized by:said needle or blade having an elongate body portion, one end of which is sharpened, and the other end of which is bent at an angle substantially perpendicular to the body portion thereof; the body portion of the plastic molded around the needle having opposed ports, said ports being formed by the withdrawal of opposed clamping members which secure the needle in place interiorly of the plastic mold when the plastic is formed about the needle, said opposed ports revealing the needle body portion interiorly thereof as a result of having been previously clamped in a jig interiorly of the mold cavity from which the body of the lancet is formed.