Patent ID: 7708703

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an integrated lancing test device comprising an incision forming member configured to form an incision in tissue, and a test element attached to the incision forming member for testing fluid from the incision, wherein the test element includes a connector end portion configured to connect to a meter and a sampling end portion having a sample chamber with a sample chamber opening where fluid is collected from the incision, wherein the test element is bendable between the connector end portion and the sample chamber opening to expose the incision forming member during formation of the incision; a lancing mechanism comprising a holder to which the integrated device is coupled; the holder having a deflection cavity in which the test element bends; the holder having first and second stop surfaces that define the deflection cavity; the integrated device being received in the deflection cavity of the holder with the sampling end portion positioned at the first stop surface and the connector end portion positioned at the second stop surface; the test element being configured to bend in the deflection cavity over the length of the test element from the sampling end portion to the connector end portion; and the first and second stop surfaces being obliquely angled in an opposite manner to limit the degree to which the length of the test element bends when the test element bends in the deflection cavity.