Patent ID: 6887253

Claim:
For use in combination with a lancet device including a lancet disposed within a housing and structured to into a piercing orientation wherein a piercing tip of the lancet protrudes from a piercing aperture defined in the housing, a lancet depth adjustment assembly comprising: a depth adjustment element, said depth adjustment element secured in at least partially overlying relation to the piercing aperture of the housing; said depth adjustment element including a piercing access structured to permit passage of the piercing tip of the lancet therethrough; and said depth adjustment element structured and disposed to be at least temporarily and at least partially interposed between a finger and the piercing aperture so as to define a spacing between the finger and the piercing aperture, and accordingly a depth to which the piercing tip penetrates the finger; and said piercing access including an elongate channel extending at least partially along a length of said death adjustment element so as to permit the passage of the piercing tip therethrough when said death adjustment element is disposed in overlying relation to the piercing aperture.