Patent ID: 7731668

Claim:
A method, comprising: positioning a lancing device in contact with an alternate site that is located on skin at a body part other than a fingertip, wherein the lancing device houses a disposable that includes a lancet and a test strip; forming an incision in the alternate site with the lancet included with the disposable; analyzing body fluid from the incision with the test strip of the disposable; loading the disposable into the lancing device before said positioning the lancing device in contact with the alternate site; wherein the test strip has a capillary passage with a capillary opening configured to draw the body fluid via capillary action; wherein said forming the incision includes firing the disposable towards the alternate site, wherein during said firing the lancet and the test strip of the disposable move together as a single unit towards the alternate site, and retracting the disposable away from the incision; contacting the capillary opening with a drop of the body fluid from the incision on a surface of the alternate site by extending the capillary opening past the lancet; drawing via capillary action the body fluid from the drop into the capillary passage before said analyzing the body fluid; unloading the disposable from the lancing device after said analyzing; discarding the disposable after said unloading; and loading a fresh disposable into the lancing device.