Gerresheimer Regensburg Gmbh

Animas Corporation

Marion Butz

Andreas Knie

Matthew J Clemente

William G Saulenas

Vojan Vaclav

Michael-Martin Strehl

Mark DeStefano

Bernhard Schmitt

The invention relates to a piercing device for taking blood for medical analyses, comprising a base body, comprising at least one needle which is arranged therein and a tip which can be extended, comprising a needle holding element which encloses the needle at least in part and a drive unit for driving a movement of the needle together with the needle holding element with respect to the base body.

Piercing device with rotary element

The invention provides an insertion device for insertion of conduits into a body that, before and following deployment of the conduit into the body, has no components that require insertion into or removal from the device. Additionally, the device includes a component that not only prevents re-use or reopening of the device once it is activated, but also provides feedback to the user in the form of a resistance force to activation that must be overcome by the user to deploy the conduit.

Insertion device for a medical conduit

The invention relates to a pricking device () for taking a blood sample, comprising a movable holding device () for pricking means (), a linear guide element () for guiding the movable holding device, means () for driving the movable holding device and a release device () for releasing the pricking movement () of the pricking means. When the release device has been manually actuated, the movable holding device can be moved in a translatory manner by the drive means. Said drive means comprise a curved path () in which the movable holding means is directly engaged, enabling the pricking device to have a particularly simple structure.

Pricking device and method for taking a blood sample

The invention relates to a pricking device () for taking a blood sample, comprising a movable holding device () for pricking means (), means () for driving the movable holding device and a release device () for releasing the pricking movement () of the pricking means. When the release device has been manually actuated, the movable holding device can be axially moved by a spring force of a drive spring () of the drive means (), and a tensing device () for tensing the drive spring. Said tensing device comprises a tensing mechanism () comprising means () for axially stopping the movable holding device during the tensing of the drive spring and means () for working during the tensing of the drive spring enabling said pricking device to be comfortable to use even when being used several times.

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