Patent ID: 6190398
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A lancet device comprising:a lancet, said lancet including a piercing tip,a primary housing,a lancet receiving assembly movably disposed at least partially within said primary housing and structured and disposed to at least temporarily hold said lancet,said lancet receiving assembly being moveable between a cocked orientation and a fired orientation, with movement of said lancet receiving assembly from said cocked orientation to said fired orientation resulting in driven movement of said lancet at least temporarily into a piercing orientation,a retention member,an engagement hub, said engagement hub structured to be cooperatively engaged with said retention member at least upon said lancet receiving assembly being disposed in said cocked orientation so as to maintain said lancet receiving assembly in said cocked orientation until said retention member is affirmatively released from said cooperative engagement therewith,an actuation assembly structured and disposed to release said retention member from said cooperative engagement with said engagement hub,said retention member including at least one finger, said finger including a depending protrusion structured to engage cooperative structure on said engagement hub when said lancet receiving assembly is disposed in said cocked orientation, andsaid actuation assembly being structured to at least temporarily urge said finger out of said engagement with said cooperative structure on said engagement hub,a removable extension segment structured to selectively and operatively extend a length of the lancet device so as to increase a manipulability thereof.