Self-contained minimal action invasive blood constituent system

A method of using an invasive blood constituent device comprising:

• sliding a slider of an invasive blood constituent device according to a predefined movement, said sliding the slider in the predefined movement causes the device to load the lancet and/or present the testing strip;
• and
• after loading the lancet, activating a trigger of the invasive blood constituent device, wherein activation of the trigger after loading the lancet causes the device to activate the lancet, wherein activation of the lancet causes the lancet to prick a measurement site of a user.

The method of claim 12, wherein the predefined movement comprises sliding the slider in a first direction or sliding the slider in a second direction.

A strip-lancet apparatus comprising:

• a first layer comprising a testing strip for accepting a blood sample;
• and
• a second layer comprising a lancing needle for pricking skin at a measurement site.