Patent ID: 8231549

Claim:
A method, comprising: placing a lancing device against a region of skin where a supply of body fluid is relatively low as compared to a fingertip, wherein the lancing device houses a first disposable that includes a lancet, a test strip, and a capillary passage with a passage opening; forming an incision in the skin at the region with the lancet of the first disposable by firing the first disposable towards the skin and retracting the first disposable away from the skin with the lancing device; expressing body fluid from the incision by pressing the lancing device further against the skin after said forming the incision to spread open the incision; positioning the passage opening of the capillary passage into contact with the body fluid on the surface of the skin while the lancing device remains in contact with the skin after said expressing; drawing via capillary action the body fluid on a surface of the skin into the capillary passage while the lancing device remains in contact with the skin; transporting the body fluid from the capillary passage to the test strip; analyzing the body fluid from the incision with the test strip of the first disposable; discarding the first disposable after said analyzing; and loading a second disposable into the lancing device after said discarding the first disposable.