Patent ID: 8251922

Claim:
An analysis system for automatically performing a skin prick analysis by pricking the skin for producing a sample of body liquid and detecting an analyte contained in the sample, the analysis system comprising: a magazine with a plurality of compartments each containing a test element comprising a lancing element and an analysis element, the lancing element having a pricking tip for performing a skin prick and a sample transfer capillary for transfer of sample liquid to the analysis element, the analysis element comprising a reagent system which reacts with the analyte contained in the sample causing a measurable change of a measurement quantity characteristic for the desired analytical result, and a reusable hand-held instrument having a housing and a drive assembly for driving movements of parts inside the housing for the analysis, wherein the drive assembly drives at least the following movements by a manually generated mechanical force: a coupling movement by which one of the lancing elements in a compartment of the magazine and located in a piercing position is coupled to the drive assembly; a puncturing and sample collection movement of one of the lancing elements contained in the magazine and coupled to the drive assembly, the puncturing and sample collection movement includes a forward movement phase in a puncturing direction until the pricking tip reaches a point of maximum displacement and, after the point of maximum displacement, a reverse movement phase opposite to the puncturing direction during which reverse movement phase the speed is reduced as compared to the forward movement for allowing suctioning of sample into the sample transfer capillary; a remaganizing movement by which the test element is transported back into the compartment of the magazine.