Patent ID: 7927291

Claim:
A kit, comprising: an integrated lancing-sampling device comprising a lancet to lance an incision in tissue, a test strip to analyze body fluid from the incision, and a casing in which the lancet is slidably received; and a bodily fluid sampling device including a housing configured to contact the tissue; a firing mechanism disposed inside the housing configured to fire the lancet of the integrated lancing-sampling device into the tissue, a motor operatively coupled to the firing mechanism to temporarily retract the casing of the integrated lancing-sampling device away from the tissue to promote bleeding of the body fluid from the incision after lancing while the housing remains in contact with the tissue and afterwards extend the integrated lancing-sampling device towards the tissue to collect the body fluid from the incision while the housing remains in contact with the tissue; a holder in which the integrated lancing-sampling device is received; and an actuation member coupled to the holder, the actuation member being configured to move in a driving direction to press the casing against the tissue so that the lancet slides relative to the casing to extend from the casing for lancing the tissue, the motor being configured to move the actuation member in a retraction direction to temporarily retract the casing of the integrated lancing-sampling device away from the tissue while the housing remains in contact with the tissue.