| abstract |
A method for promoting bodily fluid expression from a target site includes urging a target site of a user's body toward a device for promoting expression of bodily fluid from the target site. The method also includes sequentially increasing an area of contact and applied pressure between a pressure application mechanism of the device and the user's body in the vicinity of the target site, and in a direction toward the target site, thereby urging bodily fluid toward the target site. Thereafter, the target site is lanced. |