Patent ID: 8540647
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A lancing system for collecting samples of a body liquid comprising: a lancet supply strip with a plurality of lancets, arranged transversely to a lengthwise direction of the lancet supply strip; a feed mechanism for transporting a lancet supply strip, placed in a receptacle, to move the lancets of the lancet supply strip one after the other to a puncturing position, wherein the feed mechanism is configured to move the lancet supply strip along the lengthwise direction; and a lancing drive for causing a lancet, which occupies the puncturing position, to perform a puncturing movement in a direction transverse to the lengthwise direction of the lancet supply strip, said lancing drive being configured for moving the lancet together with the lancet supply strip in a puncturing movement; and a bending mechanism for bending a section of the lancet supply strip in lengthwise direction of the lancet supply strip and for thereby separating a lancet tip of a lancet from the lancet supply strip when the lancet is moved together with the lancet supply strip by the lancing drive in the puncturing movement.