Patent ID: 8568434

Claim:
A lancing device for ejecting a lancet having a pricking element protruding therefrom along an ejection axis, comprising: an outer housing; a front cap having an opening facing against an object to be pricked, the pricking element extending beyond the opening when the lancet is ejected; a lancet holder slideable between a cocked position and a pricking position along a lancing axis; and a safety switch rectilinearly moveable along the ejection axis between a safety position and a passing position for preventing an unintended ejecting of the lancet device, wherein the ejection axis is parallel to the lancing axis, the safety switch prevents the lancet holder from being cocked when the safety switch is brought in the safety position if the front cap is removed from the outer housing, and the safety switch allows the lancet holder to be cocked and moved when the safety switch is brought in the passing position if the front cap is attached to the outer housing, and the safety switch is disposed on the ejection axis.