Patent ID: 8690798

Claim:
A method, comprising: placing a lancing device against skin, wherein the lancing device houses a disposable that includes a lancet and a test strip; wherein the test strip of the disposable includes printed electrical circuit paths; wherein the disposable includes a capillary passage with a capillary opening; wherein the lancing device includes an electrochemical meter with electrical leads; forming an incision in the skin with the lancet of the disposable by firing the disposable towards the skin, wherein during said firing the lancet and the test strip of the disposable move together as a single unit towards the skin; retracting the disposable away from the incision; contacting the capillary opening with a drop of a body fluid from the incision on the surface of the skin by extending the capillary opening past the lancet; drawing via capillary action the body fluid from the drop into the capillary passage; contacting the electrical leads of the electrochemical meter to the printed electrical circuit paths of the test strip of the disposable after said forming the incision; and analyzing body fluid from the incision with the test strip of the disposable by electrochemical analysis.