Patent ID: 7841992

Claim:
A lancet module comprising a lancet channel formed within a module body portion; a lancet configured to be mechanically registered and coupled to a controllable force lancet driver; a sample chamber coupled to the lancet channel; wherein the lancet has a sharpened distal tip, a shaft portion and a drive head, the shaft portion being slidably disposed and free to slide within the lancet channel; wherein the lancet channel has a proximal end, a distal end, a series of lancet bearing guides configured to fit closely with a shaft of the lancet and confine the lancet to substantially axial movement, the lancet bearing guides includes a proximal lancet bearing guide and a distal lancet guide; a proximal fracturable seal positioned between a proximal lancet bearing guide and the shaft portion of the lancet that seals the sample; and a distal fracturable seal disposed between the lancet and the distal lancet guide to seal a distal end of the lancet channel and a sample input port.