Abstract: An assembly for dispensing sterile lancets one at a time from a clip holding a plurality of lancets is described. The assembly is configured to dispense the lancets easily and conveniently under laboratory conditions where the lancet user is gloved and must manipulate the dispenser using only one hand while holding the animal being bled in the other. The assembly and its components are made of polycarbonate and rubber and are therefore capable of being sterilized by steam autoclaving methods or by other means of sterilization.

Abstract: A method and article for obtaining blood samples from a small animal wherein a disposable lancet device is used to optimize the humane collection of blood from the cheek-pouch of said small animal. The lancet device is a hand-held, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end; the flat point has a length in the range of 4.0 to 6.0 mm.