A blood sampling device

A blood sampling device comprising:

• a housing having a forward end with an opening therein;
• a lancet comprising a lancet body having a radial projection, the lancet body supporting a lancet needle at a forward end thereof, the lancet being moveably mounted within said housing;
• an urging member for urging the lancet forwardly, in use, relative to the housing between a rearward primed position in which the lancet needle is within the housing and a forward lancing position in which the tip of the lancet needle projects forwardly from the opening at the forward end of the housing;
• wherein
• said housing defines cavity, the cavity including a passageway along which the lancet travels between the rearward primed position and the forward lancing position and the housing having an abutment member extending into the cavity defining a fixed abutment surface for holdingly engaging a front surface of the upper radial wing of the lancet in the rearward primed position;
• and
• the blood sampling device further comprising a trigger moveable from a rest position to a fire position to release the lancet for forward movement, wherein the trigger deflects the lancet body in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing such that the lancet body may move forwardly past the fixed abutment surface.