Patent ID: 8048097

Claim:
A single use lancet assembly comprising: a housing, said housing including an at least partially open interior and a piercing aperture defined therein; a lancet, said lancet including a body and a piercing tip; said lancet cooperatively disposed in said open interior of said housing and structured to move at least between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation; a trigger structured to position said lancet into said cocked orientation and to release said lancet from its cocked orientation; said trigger further comprising a cocking member; a driving assembly structured to move said lancet from said cocked orientation into said piercing orientation; said trigger further including a trigger lock structured to at least partially immobilize said trigger within at least a portion of said housing after said lancet has been released from said cocked orientation one time, thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger to a pre-actuation orientation and preventing re-firing of said lancet; and said trigger lock including at least one locking member connected to said cocking member of said trigger and structured to engage a trigger track thereby preventing repositioning of said trigger to a pre-actuation orientation after said lancet has been affirmatively released one time; and said trigger structured to at least temporarily protrude from said housing when said lancet is disposed in said cocked orientation.