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Abstract

An improved, reusable lancet device, to be utilized with a disposable lancet, the device having an elongate triangular housing and a triangular cap segment to be matingly fitted with one another, the housing and cap segment being adapted to contain an elongate needle holding member slidably disposed within a channel of the housing, the needle holder member having a distal segment, a central segment, and a proximal segment, the proximal segment being adapted to hold the disposable lancet such that a point thereof is positioned in a ready to use position extending away from the housing. The needle holding member is movable between a cocked, retracted position and an extended position, and is disposed within the housing such that it will not be able slide out of the housing, yet during use, can be released from its cocked, retracted position so as to immediately move to the extended position wherein the point of the disposable lancet protrudes through a piercing opening disposed in the cap segment so as to be in a piercing position.

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First Claim