Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample

An apparatus for eliciting a blood sample comprising:

• a housing having an aperture;
• a shaft extending in the housing;
• a testing member mounted on the shaft and configured to rotate with the shaft;
• a lancing member pivotably mounted to the testing member, wherein the testing member has a recessed section in which the lancing member is received and the recessed section defines a base extending along a plane parallel to but spaced apart from an uppermost or a lowermost surface of the testing member, wherein a pivot axis of the lancing member is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft such that the lancing member is configured to pivot along a plane parallel to the plane of the base;
• and
• a lancet protruding from the lancing member;
• wherein the lancing member is configured to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture.