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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Tetsuya Sakata, Kyoto, JP;
Daisuke Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tokuo Kasai, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arkray, Inc., , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B65D 81/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a lancing apparatus (A) which includes a lancet () which is movable to advance in a first direction from a deeper portion in a housing () toward a front end of a cylindrical member () and an analysis component () disposed in the cylindrical member (). The analysis component () is movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction upon receiving a force in the second direction. When skin (S) bulges, the analysis component () moves in the second direction following the bulging of the skin, whereby blood (b) bleeding from the skin (S) is properly introduced to the analysis component ().