Patent ID: 8052618

Claim:
Process for producing a diagnostic test element for analyzing a body fluid in which a lancing member that can puncture a body part is provided with a capillary collecting channel for body fluid obtained by the puncture and a sensor member for an optical or electrochemical measurement is connected to the lancing member, wherein the sensor member and the lancing member can be joined together as interlocking connecting components wherein a measuring element of the sensor member is inserted into the collecting channel through an insertion opening of the lancing member, wherein the collecting channel is formed as a transverse continuous slot in the lancing member, said slot being open at a proximal aperture, wherein the sensor member is inserted into the slot through the proximal aperture for directly depositing the body fluid from the capillary channel directly onto the measuring element of the sensor member, wherein a holder positions the measuring element in the capillary collecting channel, wherein the capillary collecting channel establishes a path for directly depositing the body fluid on the sensor member, wherein the lancing member slot holds the diagnostic test element together.