Integrated lancet and bodily fluid sensor

A bodily fluid sample acquisition and testing device comprising:

• a primary support member having a bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip attached thereto, said sensing strip comprising a sensing area in proximity to a sensing end of said primary support member;
• a cantilever member comprising a first end hinged to said support member;
• a lancing member comprising a lancet support member and a lancet having a pointed end attached to said lancet support member, said lancet support member being hinged to a second end of said cantilever member;
• said primary support member, cantilever member, and lancing member adapted to adopt a first orientation being substantially coplanar, and to adopt a second orientation with said lancing member defining an angle with said primary support member such that said pointed end of said lancet is adjacent to said sensing area of said sensing strip.

A bodily fluid sample acquisition and testing device comprising:

• a primary support member adapted to engage a bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip, said sensing strip comprising a sensing area in proximity to a sensing end of said primary support member;
• a cantilever member comprising a first end hinged to said support member;
• a lancing member comprising a lancet support member and a lancet having a pointed end attached to said lancet support member, said lancet support member being hinged to a second end of said cantilever member;
• said primary support member, cantilever member, and lancing member adapted to adopt a first orientation being substantially coplanar, and to adopt a second orientation with said lancing member defining an angle with said primary support member such that said pointed end of said lancet is adjacent to said sensing area of said sensing strip.

A method of obtaining and testing a bodily fluid sample comprising the steps of:

• inserting a testing cartridge into a testing device, said testing cartridge comprising at least one sensing strip adjacent to a lancet;
• driving said lancet into the skin of a patient to cause a wound in a direction substantially aligned with a length of said sensing strip;
• retracting said lancet from said patient;
• and
• moving said cartridge after said wound is created so that said sensing strip is aligned with said wound.

A bodily fluid sample acquisition and testing device comprising:

• a lancet;
• and
• a primary support member comprising a first slot adapted to engage a bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip, said strip comprising a sensing area;
• said primary support member further comprising a second slot, said second slot being substantially parallel to said first slot, said second slot adapted to allow contact between said lancet and a lancet driver adapted to engage said lancet to provide slidable translation of said lancet between an unexposed position and an exposed position;
• wherein said bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip is adjacent to said exposed position of said lancet.

A bodily fluid sample acquisition and testing device comprising:

• a lancet;
• and
• a primary support member comprising a first slot adapted to engage a bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip, said sensing strip comprising a sensing area;
• said primary support member further comprising a second slot, said second slot being substantially parallel to said first slot, said second slot adapted to allow contact between said lancet and a lancet driver adapted to engage said lancet to provide slidable translation of said lancet between an unexposed position and an exposed position;
• wherein said bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip is adjacent to a wound produced by said lancet in said exposed position.

A method of obtaining a bodily fluid sample for testing, comprising the steps of:

• inserting at least one bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip into a primary support member having a first slot adapted to receive said bodily fluid chemistry sensing strip;
• said strip comprising a sensing area;
• said primary support member further comprising a second slot adapted to receive at least one lancet and to allow contact between said lancet and a lancet driver;
• said lancet adapted to be engaged by said lancet driver;
• placing said primary support member against skin;
• and
• activating said lancet driver to traverse said lancet into said skin to provide a bodily fluid sample.