Patent ID: 6783537
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A system that is suitable for collecting bodily fluid from a region of the body of a person to be examined, the system comprising:a lancing device which is suitable for holding a lancet, the lancet including a needle; a lancet magazine for storing a plurality of lancets, the lancet magazine comprising an opening into which the landing device can be inserted to remove an individual lancet from the lancet magazine in a first direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lancing device; and a transport device adapted to travel within the lancet magazine in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to transport lancets in the lancet magazine; wherein a second opening through which protective sheaths of the lancets can be ejected is located in the lancet magazine in addition to the opening into which the lancing device can be inserted to remove a single lancet from the lancet magazine.