Patent ID: 9538941
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for expressing and testing bodily fluid obtained from an incision in the skin, the method comprising: attaching a first disposable test strip to a lancing device with a lancet, the first disposable test strip including a test strip integrally formed with a first constricting member, a first fluid passageway, and a first test area; bulging the skin toward an opening to the first fluid passageway and expressing bodily fluid from the incision by pressing skin-engaging surfaces of the first constricting member against the skin and moving the skin-engaging surfaces toward one another, wherein the opening to the first fluid passageway is located on the surface of the first test strip adjacent the first constricting member; lancing the bulged skin with the lancet to create an incision; drawing the bodily fluid by capillary action from the skin through the opening and along the first fluid passageway to the first test area, the first test area being in fluid communication with the first fluid passageway; testing the bodily fluid in the first test area; removing the first test strip from the lancing device and disposing of the first test strip; and attaching a second disposable test strip to the lancing device, the second disposable test strip including a second constricting member, a second fluid passageway, and a second test area.