Patent ID: 8366730

Claim:
A lancing device comprising: an elongated housing having a rear end and a front end with a piercing aperture therein; a lancet holder configured to receive a lancet and configured to move axially in the housing between a cocked position, an extended position, and a neutral position; a cocking mechanism having a user actuated portion extending through the rear end of the housing and a rod contacting the user actuated portion at one end and having a first resilient member extending from an opposing end of the rod and movable within a track in a trigger mechanism and a second resilient member extending from the opposing end of the rod and carrying a projection extending radially toward the lancet holder and configured to be received by a recess in the lancet holder; and the trigger mechanism comprising a user-accessible surface operable to move the projection toward the housing and out of the recess; wherein pressure on the user actuated portion moves the user actuated portion into the housing while moving the rod until the projection is received in the recess, and release of pressure from the user actuated portion moves the user actuated portion from within the housing while moving the lancet holder from the neutral position to the cocked position.