| Stat Medical Hardware, Inc (SMD) was founded in | | | | bothered with setting up the lancet pen--too much of a |
| 1988 and is a leader in developing and distributing | | | | hassle.The Stat-Let Auto Lancets make it easy to |
| innovative medical devices. Their emphasis is on | | | | attain a blood sample from the finger.There are 5 |
| lancets, lancing devices and clinical, capillary blood | | | | different models for different depths depending on |
| sampling devices.The Stat-Let Auto Lancets are | | | | whether you are testing on an adult, child or infant.Auto |
| available in 5 different systems to accomodate your | | | | Pediatric lancet |
| blood sampling necessity. They feature very simple | | | | 1.8mm Depth-26 gaugeAuto Comfort Lancet |
| one-step function, non-reuse safety feature. These | | | | 1.8mm Depth-21 gaugeAuto Normal Lancet |
| lancet devices are indivually wrapped, and they are | | | | 2.4mm Depth-21 gaugeAuto Extra Lancet |
| packaged in boxes of 100.In our home care agency, | | | | 3.0mm Depth-21 gaugeAuto Neonatal/Heelstick |
| we use these to test the blood sugar of many of our | | | | 1.2mm Depth-18 gaugeAs you can see that the higher |
| senior citizens who cannot do their own testing while | | | | the mm, the deeper the lancing devices penetrates into |
| they are on service with our agency. What's great | | | | the finger. If you have calloused fingers or you have |
| about these lancets is that you do not have to place | | | | difficulty in getting a good blood supply, you would |
| them in lancing pens. They are individually wrapped and | | | | want to go with the Auto Extra Lancet with the |
| ready to dispose of when you are finished with testing | | | | 3.0mm Depth-21 gauge.There are different colors for |
| on your finger.This type of lancet is innovative because | | | | each of the different lancets.All you have to do |
| sometimes when you are using a lancet pen device, it | | | | is:**Remove the protective cap**Place the Stat-Let |
| is difficult to manipulate. You have to be able to | | | | Auto lancet onto your test site.**Push firmly against |
| remove the top to the lancing device, place a lancet in | | | | your test site and the needle is automatically |
| the lancing pen, close the pen, make sure the pen is | | | | released.**After use dispose in suitable "sharps" |
| ready to use and then click on your finger to get a | | | | container.That's it. If a loved one doesn't want to do |
| blood sample.This may be difficult for seniors with | | | | their blood sugar because the lancet pen is a hassle or |
| arthritic problems or deformed fingers related to | | | | too difficult to manipulate, this may be the answer you |
| arthritis. Sometimes people do not want to be | | | | have been searching for. |