Patent ID: 8758267

Claim:
A lancet carrier for an integrated lancet sensor cartridge incorporating a lance cover, the lancet carrier comprising: an elongated body with a bottom, an open top, a body open end and a body closed end; a lancet-receiving recess with a recess bottom surface, the recess extending between the body open end and the body closed end; and a trough-forming member forming a trough with a trough wall, a trough open end in communication with the body open end and a trough closed end transverse to the trough wall, the trough closed end directly connected to the bottom of the elongated body, the trough-forming member longitudinally extending continuously a predefined distance along the bottom from the body open end and terminating in a transverse wall at the trough closed end and below the bottom, the trough replacing a portion of the recess bottom surface at the body open end wherein the lancet-receiving recess is stationary relative to the trough-forming member.