Patent ID: 8016847

Claim:
A lancet for attachment to a housing of a lancing apparatus, comprising: a case provided separately from the housing of the lancing apparatus and including an internal space, and a lancing unit including a lancing needle and movable within the internal space in an advancing direction from a wait position to an advanced position; wherein the case comprises a main body accommodating the lancing unit and having a tubular mounting portion for removable attachment to the housing of the lancing apparatus, and a cap directly connected to the main body, the cap being detachable from the main body; wherein the lancing unit comprises a cover portion for covering a front end of the lancing needle, the cover portion being initially separate from the cap, the cover portion being brought into engagement with the cap; wherein the cover portion is detached from the lancing needle together with detachment of the cap from the main body for exposing the front end of the lancing needle; and wherein the main body keeps accommodating the lancing unit before attachment of the main body to the housing of the lancing apparatus and after removal of the main body from the housing of the lancing apparatus.