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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Richter, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Ross MacArthur, Cheshire, GB;
Elizabeth Verity Wolseley-Hext, Staffordshire, GB;
Joseph David Cowen, Staffordshire, GB;
Lee Thomas Smith, Staffordshire, GB;
David John Mills, Staffordshire, GB;
Christopher James Smith, Cheshire, GB;
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankenfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1411 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/150068 (2013.01); A61B 5/15113 (2013.01); A61B 5/15115 (2013.01); A61B 5/15132 (2013.01); A61B 5/15153 (2013.01); A61B 5/15174 (2013.01); A61B 5/150175 (2013.01); A61B 5/15176 (2013.01); A61B 5/150328 (2013.01); A61B 5/150412 (2013.01); A61B 5/150526 (2013.01); A61B 5/150572 (2013.01); A61B 5/150625 (2013.01); A61B 5/150633 (2013.01); A61B 5/150641 (2013.01); A61B 5/150664 (2013.01); A61B 5/150679 (2013.01); A61B 5/150702 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a housing, a testing member rotatably mounted in the housing, a lancet protruding from an edge of the testing member and having a piercing end, and a cover configured to cover at least the piercing end of the lancet and to be displaced from the piercing end of the lancet during actuation of the testing member.