Patent ID: 7905898

Claim:
A lancet device, comprising: a body; a trigger movably mounted to the body; a front cover removably mounted to the body and comprising a skin engaging end that includes a lancet opening through which a lancet needle may extend; a holding member movably mounted within the body and comprising a front end and a rear end; a main spring disposed inside the body between the front and rear ends of the holding member; the front end being configured to receive a lancet; a first stop surface that moves with the holding member and being arranged closer to the front end of the holding member than to the rear end of the holding member; a second stop surface non-movably coupled to the body; and the second stop surface extending inwardly from the body and being arranged closer to a front end of the body than to a rear end of the body and between the first stop surface and the skin engaging end, wherein at least partial rotation of the front cover causes the skin engaging end to move axially relative to the second stop surface, and wherein contact between the first and second stop surfaces defines a puncturing position of the lancet needle.