Patent ID: 8016773

Claim:
A lancing apparatus comprising: a housing separately formed with a cylindrical member having an open front end for contact with skin, the cylindrical member further having a rear opening, a lancet disposed in the housing and movable to advance in a first direction from a deeper portion in the housing behind the rear opening of the cylindrical member toward the front end of the cylindrical member through the rear opening of the cylindrical member, and an analysis component disposed in the cylindrical member between the front end and the rear opening of the cylindrical member for contact with skin even before lancing the skin with the lancet; wherein the analysis component is supported for movement relative to the cylindrical member separately from the lancet in a second direction opposite to the first direction upon receiving a force from the skin in the second direction while the analysis component keeps contact with the skin in a lancing operation; wherein the cylindrical member is telescopically supported by the housing for movement relative to the housing in the second direction separately from the analysis component upon receiving a force from the skin in the lancing operation.