Patent ID: 8303614

Claim:
A double-ended lancet unit for a lancet device, the unit comprising: a lancet body having a first end and a second end and being sized and configured to frictionally engage with a holding member of the lancet device; at least one of: a first lancet needle projecting from the first end and a second lancet needle projecting from the second end; and a lancet needle member having oppositely arranged pointed ends and being movably mounted to the lancet body; the lancet body being made of a material different from that of the first and second needles or the pointed ends; first and second removable caps respectively removably connected to the first and second ends; and at least one of the first and second removable caps being re-installable on one of the first and second ends of the double-ended lancet unit, wherein the double-ended lancet unit is installable on the lancet device and each of the first and second lancet needles or the pointed ends is structured and arranged to prick a user's skin to obtain a blood sample and is not usable for fluid injection.