Patent ID: 8529472

Claim:
A blood analysis apparatus comprising: a casing having a puncturing opening, the casing mounted internally of the blood analysis apparatus with a blood analysis device; the blood analysis device comprises a device body having a first plate, a second plate and a third plate which are stacked in this order in a stacking direction, the first plate has a blood collecting hole that receives blood and a ventilation hole, which are spaced apart from each other on a same plane and which penetrate the first plate in the stacking direction, the second plate has an opening comprising a passage that communicates with the blood collecting hole and the ventilation hole, and a blood analyzer provided in the passage, the blood analyzer analyzing the blood received through the blood collecting hole, and the third plate has an optically transmissive portion which is aligned with the blood collecting hole and through which laser light is passed to puncture a skin arranged in the blood collecting hole, the third plate having no hole communicating with the passage, the casing is configured to have the blood analysis device mounted in the casing such that the blood collecting hole is aligned with the puncturing opening of the casing, and such that the first plate faces the skin and the third plate faces the puncturing section of the blood analysis apparatus, and a puncturing section configured to puncture the skin with laser light, the puncturing section mounted in the casing such that the laser light of the puncturing section is aligned with the puncturing opening and blood collecting hole such that the laser light punctures the skin.