Abstract: Pen-type lancing device of the re-usable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; standard spring type actuator (urging member); skin touching forward face having a textured surface for pain relieve; sleeve having internal stop(s) so that the lancet does not overshoot. Also a pen-type lancing device of the re-usable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; elastomer type urging member for driving the lancet; triggering means (denoted “actuating means”). Further a pen-type lancing device of the reusable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; standard spring type actuator (urging member) for driving the lancet; alignment splines and cooperating alignment portion(s) for guiding the lancet movement. Even further a method of assembling a blood sampling device in which it does not matter what rotational orientation the components are assembled in.

Abstract: An injector for use with a primary package. The injector comprises distal and proximal housing components in telescopic engagement, a rod configured for axial movement with the distal housing part, and a mechanism for releasably fixing the rod to a plunger to allow trained axial movement of the rod and the plunger during telescoping together of the distal and proximal housing components over a first distance whilst allowing relative axial movement of the rod and the plunger during telescoping together of the distal and proximal housing components over a second, subsequent distance. The mechanism comprises two or more flexible fingers on one of the rod and the plunger and cooperating features on the other of the rod and the plunger, and a locking component axially moveable during telescoping between a locking position in which it substantially surrounds the flexible fingers and a release position in which it is axially spaced from the locking fingers.

Abstract: Pen-type lancing device of the re-usable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; standard spring type actuator (urging member); skin touching forward face having a textured surface for pain relieve; sleeve having internal stop(s) so that the lancet does not overshoot. Also a pen-type lancing device of the re-usable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; elastomer type urging member for driving the lancet; triggering means (denoted “actuating means”). Further a pen-type lancing device of the reusable type wherein a lancet body having a needle/tip is inserted; standard spring type actuator (urging member) for driving the lancet; alignment splines and cooperating alignment portion(s) for guiding the lancet movement. Even further a method of assembling a blood sampling device in which it does not matter what rotational orientation the components are assembled in.