Patent ID: 8795199

Claim:
A puncturing system comprising: a carrier tape that comprises multiple lancets and position marks, each lancet being allocated a respective one of the position marks; a storage medium configured to store distance values corresponding to measured distances between specific lancets of the carrier tape and the respective position marks; a device housing that comprises a tape drive for positioning the lancets consecutively in a usage position by moving the carrier tape in a conveying direction and has a housing opening for touching against a body part in which a puncture is to be made by a puncturing motion of the lancet in the usage position; a sensor configured for detecting the position marks; a control unit that is connected to the sensor, the control unit configured to: (i) cause the tape drive to convey the carrier tape to a tape position in which the respective position mark for one of the lancets is detected by the sensor; (ii) access from the storage medium the distance value for the one lancet; and (iii) cause the tape drive to move the carrier tape in the conveying direction by the distance value for the one lancet, thereby positioning the one lancet in the usage position; and a puncturing drive for accelerating the lancet that is positioned in the usage position for the puncturing motion.