Patent ID: 8079961

Claim:
A method for sampling and testing an analyte comprising: placing an integrated sampling and testing device on a test site of a patient, wherein the integrated device comprises: a housing defining at least a first aperture; a lancing device comprising a lancet; and a test strip; performing a single operation of the integrated device to: advance and withdraw the lancet through the first aperture to pierce skin of the patient to express blood at the test site without application of a vacuum to the test site through the first aperture; and advance the test strip from a first position to a blood sample contacting position wherein the advancing of the test strip comprises moving at least a portion of a strip movement mechanism in an arcuate trajectory; contacting the test strip to the expressed blood at the test site to receive a submicroliter sample of the blood to perform analyte testing on the blood sample; and displaying a result corresponding to the analyte testing.