Patent 7981055 was granted and assigned to Pelikan Technologies on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A sampling module includes a module body portion with a lancet channel, a lancet slidably disposed within the lancet channel. A cover sheet is disposed over the lancet and a lancet channel that captures the lancet shaft in the lancet channel, and a sample reservoir for collection of a sample obtained by lancing a patient with the lancet.