Patent ID: 8048098

Claim:
A lancing device comprising: a main housing forming an inner aperture enclosing a portion of a lancet assembly, the lancet assembly having a lancet body, a lancet-plunger housing, a damping ring, and a lance, the lancet assembly being adapted to move between a resting position, a cocking position, and a puncture position; and a moveable housing adjacent the main housing, the moveable housing being adapted to move from a resting position to a cocking position, and being adapted to connect to the lancet assembly, wherein the damping ring is adapted to engage the lancet-plunger housing as the lancet assembly moves from the puncture position back towards the resting position to reduce movement of the lancet assembly back towards the puncture position, the damping ring being directly coupled with an end surface of the lancet body such that the lancet-plunger housing abuts the damping ring in response to the lancet assembly being in the resting position and the cocking position, the lancet-plunger housing being outside of the main housing and spaced from the damping ring when the lancet assembly is in the puncture position.