Patent ID: 8870789

Claim:
A lancing system, the lancing system comprising: a lancing elements carrier tape carrying a plurality of lancing elements; a tape transport unit for moving the lancing elements consecutively into a usage position by transporting the lancing elements carrier tape; a lancing drive for causing a lancing element located in the usage position to perform a lancing movement; test elements for analyzing a body fluid sample obtained by a puncture; and a test elements carrier tape, which carries the test elements, wherein the lancing elements carrier tape and the test elements carrier tape are located on top of one another in a face to face arrangement with tape sections that carry unused test elements or unused lancing elements and wherein unused lancing elements are positioned between the test elements carrier tape and the lancing elements carrier tape which are joined together along a chamber perimeter surrounding each unused lancing element whereby each unused lancet is fully enclosed in a chamber having one face formed by the test elements carrier tape and an opposing face formed by the lancing elements carrier tape wherein when a section of the lancing elements carrier tape is separated from a section of the test elements carrier tape the separated section of the lancing elements carrier tape carries only lancing elements and the separated section of the test elements carrier tape carries only test elements.