Patent ID: 6969359

Claim:
A sampling device for sampling a bodily fluid through an incision in a skin surface, comprising: a housing; a stimulator member attached to the housing, the stimulator member being adapted to contact the skin surface around the incision and express a drop of the bodily fluid from the incision, the stimulator member defining an interior opening having a dimension of at least 6.0 mm to minimize smearing of the drop by contact between the drop and the stimulator member; a second skin contacting member configured to contact the skin surface; wherein the housing extends along a longitudinal axis; wherein the second skin contacting member is longitudinally movable relative to the housing; and wherein the stimulator member has a first position relative the second skin contacting member in which the second skin contacting member extends longitudinally outward from the stimulator member and a second position in which the stimulator member extends longitudinally outward from the second skin contacting member.