US Patent 7833170 Needle-insertion device

Patent 7833170 was granted and assigned to ARKRAY on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

ARKRAY

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78331700

Patent Inventor Names

Daisuke Matsumoto0

Hidefumi Komuro0

Tetsuya Sakata0

Date of Patent

November 16, 2010

Patent Application Number

105388130

Date Filed

December 11, 2003

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11883171 Latch mechanism for preventing lancet oscillation in a lancing device

Patent Primary Examiner

Max Hindenburg

Patent abstract

This invention relates to a lancing apparatus (A1) used for inserting an insertion element (21) into a human skin (Sk) for sampling a body fluid. The lancing apparatus (A1) includes a housing (1) with a cylindrical portion (12) brought into contact with the skin (Sk), a negative pressure generator (6) that generates a negative pressure inside the cylindrical portion (12) to cause the skin (Sk) to swell upward, and a detector (5) that detects that the skin (Sk) has been raised to a predetermined height inside the cylindrical portion (12).