摘要 |
An apparatus and method for analyzing an analyte in a body fluid sample usin g a lancing device (10) having a hollow lancet are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method comprises the acts of lancing the skin of a test subject with the hollow lancet (18) having an interior of the hollow lancet (18) that forms a capillary channel, collecting a body fluid sample from the lanced skin in the capillary channel of the hollow lancet (18), and analyzin g the body fluid sample for determining the analyte concentration in the body fluid sample while the collected body fluid sample remains in the lancet (18 ). |