Patent ID: 6997317

Claim:
A device for taking a blood sample to be tested and for tamping the discharge of blood from a part of a patient's body which has been punctured, said puncture being made by a puncturing member ( 5 ), the tamping being effected by a tamping element ( 4 ), the device comprising a container ( 1 ) presenting at least one puncturing member ( 5 ) and a least one tamping element ( 4 ), said device enabling the patient to take the sample while having immediately available the tamping element ( 4 ) to immediately interrupt blood discharge in a manner safe from the medical viewpoint, the container ( 1 ) having separate chambers ( 2 , 3 ) for containing respectively the puncturing member ( 5 ) and the tamping member ( 4 ), the container ( 1 ) comprising a body ( 10 ) in which the separate chambers ( 2 , 3 ) are provided, said body being in one piece, the chambers ( 2 , 3 ) being separated by a wall ( 54 ) formed by folding a punched sheet portion ( 50 ) which also defines a face ( 11 ) of the body ( 10 ) of the container ( 1 ).