Patent ID: 7198606

Claim:
A device for use with a penetrating member driver to penetrate tissue, the device comprising: a single cartridge; a plurality of penetrating members coupled to said single cartridge and operatively couplable to a penetrating member driver, said penetrating members movable to extend radially outward from the cartridge to penetrate tissue; a plurality of analyte sensors each in a sample chamber with the sample chambers being coupled to said single cartridge, each of a sample chamber being positioned on the cartridge to receive body fluid from a wound in the tissue created by each of said penetrating members and having a volume of no greater than 1 microliter; and a position sensor coupled to the plurality of penetrating members, the position sensor configured to provide information relative to a depth of penetration of a penetrating member through a skin surface, the position sensor further configured to provide an indication of velocity of a penetrating member.