Patent ID: 8366729

Claim:
A lancing device, comprising: a housing having a forward end including a cap, a rearward end and a longitudinal axis and defining a cavity; a lancet carrier within the cavity of the housing for mounting a lancet, the lancet carrier comprising a limit member directly attached thereto; a contact surface located within the cavity of the housing that directly contacts the limit member to selectively stop the lancet carrier at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis; and an user accessible member having a portion extending outside of the housing for selectively moving the contact surface, the user accessible member having a central axis about which the user accessible member rotates that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the contact surface is carried by the user accessible member and provides a plurality of stopping positions each at a different distance from the central axis; and a pressure applicator at the forward end of the cap of the housing to tension skin at the sampling site through application of compressive pressure at the sampling site.