Patent ID: 7303573

Claim:
A lancet device comprising: (a) a hollow body defining an interior space, said body comprising an open top end and at least one side opening; (b) a spring, said spring being mounted within said interior space and being transformable between a cocked state of comparatively greater compression and an uncocked state of comparatively lesser compression, said spring being manually accessible for compression through said at least one side opening; (c) a lancet, said lancet having a lancet tip, said lancet being coupled to said spring for movement between a retracted position wherein said lancet tip is positioned below said open top end of said body and an extended position wherein said lancet tip is positioned above said open top end of said body, said lancet being in said retracted position when said spring is in said cocked state and in said extended position when said spring is in said uncocked state; and (d) a releasable catch for retaining said spring in said cocked state, said releasable catch being actuated by compression of said spring, and an actuator engageable with said releasable catch for releasing said releasable catch.