Safe Locking Lancet
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Aug 30, 2007
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Feb 27, 2006
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Feb 27, 2006
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A lancet is provided where the same opening of the same cap serves both as a removable cover prior to use of the lancet, and then interacts in a locking engagement with the lancet base to provide protection from contamination after use. Thus, the invention provides a lancet having a cutting portion and a cap portion. The cutting portion has a blade or needle, a base supporting the blade or needle, and a flange extending outward from the base. The cap portion (1) fits over the blade or needle and interacts with the base to provide a sealing engagement, (2) has a slot formed therein sized to slidably receive the flange, and (3) has a bound opening circumferentially displaced from the slot and sized to receive and capture the flange. The lancet may have a plurality of flanges extending from the base, for example two, and an equal plurality of slots and bound openings.
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