US 11,806,143 B2
Lancing device having anesthetic feature
Roger B Bagwell, Bellefonte, PA (US); Nicholas C Becker, Ebensburg, PA (US); Ryan S Clement, State College, PA (US); and Brandon A Pier, State College, PA (US)
Assigned to Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US)
Filed by Actuated Medical, Inc., Bellefonte, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/577,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,433, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0093410 A1, Mar. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150137 (2013.01) [A61B 5/15111 (2013.01); A61B 5/150954 (2013.01); A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lancing device, comprising:
a housing having a first end and opposite second end, said first end including an opening dimensioned to receive a lancet therein;
said lancet having a body, a head and a piercing member mounted within said head and selectively deployable to lance a target lancing site, said lancet removably insertable within said housing;
a motor selectively actuated to generate vibrations;
a contact surface disposed proximate to said piercing member on an exterior surface of at least one of said first end of said housing and said head of said lancet, said contact surface in mechanical communication with said motor and configured to:
(i) contact said target lancing site;
(ii) receive said vibrations from said motor; and
(iii) transfer said vibrations to said target lancing site before deploying said piercing member and during deployment of said piercing member;
a carriage movably suspended within said housing, said carriage configured to receive and retain said body of said lancet; and
a plurality of isolation members disposed substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of said lancet and biasing said carriage against said housing.