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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Gale H. Thorne, Jr., Bountiful, UT (US);
Michael A. Wilson, Salem, UT (US);
Charles V. Owen, Highland, UT (US);
David L. Thorne, Kaysville, UT (US);
B. Chance Bagley, Ogden, UT (US);
Specialized Health Products, Inc., Bountiful, UT (US);
Abstract
Three embodiments of a single-step lancet are disclosed. Each such lancet embodiment provides true one-step operation. In a single operational step requiring only a unidirectional displacement of an actuator into a housing, a lancet blade is removed from an aseptic environment which protects and retains the lancet blade in a pre-sterilized state within the housing prior to use, stores energy in an energy storage medium, activates the lancet blade to perform a lance and for safety retracts the lancet blade into the housing.