Patent ID: 8460330

Claim:
A lancing device for receiving in use a lancet having a removable cap, said device including: a housing; a loading station adapted to receive in use said lancet; a drive disposed within said housing and actuable to fire said lancet in use momentarily to project a tip of the lancet from the device; an uncapping arrangement for uncapping said lancet in use when in said housing; a transfer arrangement for moving said lancet in use from said loading station to a firing position, ready to be fired by said drive; and a cover associated with said loading station and which is rotatable between an open and a closed position, the cover being additionally slideable relative to said housing, at least when closed and, when in the closed position, being operable in use to transmit longitudinal movement to the lancet in said loading station, wherein said cover in use is movable before the lancet has been fired to move said lancet longitudinally to remove said cap, and is movable after the lancet has been fired to move said lancet longitudinally into reengagement with said cap to recap the lancet.