Patent ID: 8485991

Claim:
A method of masking pain resulting from a lancing system for blood extraction, the system comprising a tubular body having a longitudinal axis, a lancing end and a longitudinally opposite free end, and a lancing assembly coupled to the body, the lancing assembly having a lance coupler with a lance coupled thereto for penetrating a surface from which the blood is to be extracted, the method comprising: simultaneously moving a first portion and a second portion of the lancing assembly in a first direction along the longitudinal axis toward the free end; contacting a component of the lancing assembly with the first portion, thereby stopping the first portion of the lancing assembly from further moving in the first direction and causing a first vibration; thereafter moving the first portion in a second direction opposite the first direction while the second portion continues moving in the first direction, the second direction being along the longitudinal axis toward the lancing end; and lancing the surface with the first portion while the first vibration is occurring.