Patent ID: 8162968

Claim:
A lancing device, for use with a lancet for lancing body tissue to result in a wound for bleeding, the lancing device comprising: (a) a housing having an internal channel extending within the housing from a first lancing end toward a second end of the housing; (b) a lancet carrier translationally mounted within the internal channel for carrying a lancet along a strike path of the lancet carrier, said strike path starting at a primed position toward the second end of the housing and extending to a lanced position at the first lancing end of the housing, (c) a lancet driver for storing energy and then driving the lancet carrier along the strike path from the primed position to the lanced position; and (d) a first cantilevered priming arm comprising a first arm portion that is generally parallel to the internal channel and a second arm portion that is generally perpendicular to the internal channel, wherein the second arm portion is connected to the lancet carrier, wherein movement of the first arm portion toward the internal channel draws the lancet carrier to a primed position and stores energy in the lancet driver.