Patent ID: 6315738
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An assembly having a lancet and body fluid collection and detection means for collecting and detecting a body fluid wherein said assembly is to be detachably mounted on a body fluid-monitoring system having a lancing means and said assembly comprises:a lancet section comprisinga lancet having a puncture needle on a distal end of the lancet and a connector on a proximal end of the lancet for connection to said lancing means of the body fluid-monitoring system, and a first housing having a sleeve which movably accommodates said lancet in an interior of the sleeve, and which has a first opening on a distal end of the sleeve to enable projection of the needle into an exterior of the sleeve and the proximal opening to enable connection of said connector with said lancing means of the body fluid-monitoring system, andwherein said lancet before the lancing is secured in said sleeve at a position near the proximal opening to gas-tightly seal said sleeve;a body fluid-collecting and detecting section comprising the body fluid detection means and a second housing having a second opening for introducing the body fluid into said detection means;a first seal member for sealing said first opening; andwherein said first housing is gas-tightly sealed with both said first seal member for sealing said first opening and said lancet for sealing said proximal opening; andsaid first housing and said second housing are fixedly integrated with each other such that said first opening of said first housing and said second opening of said second housing together define a distal opening to enable the projection of said puncture needle to the exterior of said assembly, and the assembly comprised of the lancet section and the body fluid-collection and detection section being a one-piece assembly.