Patent ID: 8449479

Claim:
A medical puncturing device, comprising: a deformable housing, wherein at least a portion of the deformable housing includes a cross-section being continuous in a circumferential direction and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein a portion of the cross-section includes at least one point of deformation; and a skin puncturing element disposed within the housing, and maintained in a retracted first position within the deformable housing wherein a tip of the skin puncturing element is disposed within the deformable housing, the skin puncturing element being maintained in the first position against a biasing force prior to deformation of the deformable housing through an interference engagement between the deformable housing and the skin puncturing element, wherein, upon deformation of the housing at the at least one point of deformation, the skin puncturing element is movable from the first position to a second position causing the tip to be exposed.