Patent ID: 9186099
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A lancet cartridge provided with: a lancet that moves along a pricking track in a pricking direction and that has a pricking member having a leading end section for pricking skin, and a main body section to which a rear end section of the pricking member is fixed; and a lancet holder that accommodates the lancet and that has a first pricking opening at a leading end, the lancet cartridge further having: a skin contact section, held in an interior of the lancet holder, having a second pricking opening in an opened state, and the skin contact section being formed around the second pricking opening; wherein the first pricking opening is formed to a size such that the skin contact section is capable of being accommodated therein, the lancet cartridge being configured such that when the skin contact section is pressed in the pricking direction, the skin contact section is accommodated in the first pricking opening, and the leading end section of the pricking member protrudes through the second pricking opening, the skin contact section preliminarily has a cleavable weak section at a predetermined location, a part of the skin contact section is configured to be capable of being removed from the lancet holder by cleaving of the weak section, and a size of the second pricking opening or a shape of the skin contact section is capable of being modified in a case where the part of the skin contact section is removed.