Patent ID: 9220447
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprising: a housing having an aperture; a shaft extending in the housing; a testing member mounted on the shaft and configured to rotate with the shaft; a lancing member pivotably mounted to the testing member, wherein the testing member has a recessed section in which the lancing member is received and the recessed section defines a base extending along a plane parallel to but spaced apart from an uppermost or a lowermost surface of the testing member, wherein a pivot axis of the lancing member is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft such that the lancing member is configured to pivot along a plane parallel to the plane of the base; and a lancet protruding from the lancing member; wherein the lancing member is configured to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture.