Patent ID: 8192454

Claim:
A lancing device for use with a lancet, comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis; a carriage slidably disposed within the housing; a lancet carrier having a mouth configured to directly receive and hold the lancet, the lancet carrier engaged within the carriage and movable relative to and independently of the carriage between a forward incision position and a rearward cocked position; and a trigger assembly comprising: a first portion accessible from external the housing in a fixed axial position relative to the longitudinal axis, the first portion movable between a first position and a second position a greater distance from the longitudinal axis than the first position; and a second portion disposed within the housing and movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the first portion while the second portion remains in direct contact with the first portion, the second portion of the trigger assembly in fixed relation with the carriage such that the carriage and second portion move together along the longitudinal axis, wherein the lancet carrier is configured to move to the rearward cocked position when a lancet is inserted into the housing until the first portion of the trigger assembly is in the second position.