Patent ID: 7322996

Claim:
A lancing device comprising: a lancet carrier comprising a carriage having a resilient arm mounted thereto, a free end of the resilient arm being flexible away from the carriage, and having first and second projections extending from the resilient arm; and a lancet for engagement within the lancet carrier, said lancet comprising a lancet blade mounted to a lancet body, the lancet blade comprising a sharp tip and a shank, the lancet body being generally U-shaped with an end panel having two elongated legs extending therefrom in a first direction and the sharp tip of the lancet blade extending therefrom in a second direction generally opposite the first direction, with substantially the entire shank being exposed between the two elongated legs, and wherein the shank comprises a pair of holes through the shank, said holes being spaced a distance from one another and lying along a lengthwise axis of the shank; wherein the resilient arm flexes away from the carriage to receive and engage the exposed shank of the lancet blade between the two elongated legs of the lancet body, and position the first and second projections of the resilient arm into direct engagement with the pair of holes through the shank.