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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Christian Hoerauf, Oftersheim, DE;
Christian Hoerauf, Oftersheim, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a lancet having a flat shaft () which has an upper side () and a lower side (), the shaft () forming at a front end () a cutter () which ends in a point (), the cutter () having on the underside () two cutting edges (), which run together at the point (), and the shaft () having at least one depression () on its underside () to receive a sample. The invention provides for the shaft, on its upper side (), to merge into the cutter () at two edges () which run together at a vertex (), and for the upper side () of the cutter () between the vertex () and the front end () to be curved convexly, as seen in cross section.