Analysis apparatus and analysis method for body fluids
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1. An analytical instrument for assaying body fluids, comprising:
- a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part;
an abutment for contacting the body part, wherein the abutment can be brought into a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element;
a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part, the lancing unit including a lancet drive;
a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part; and
a detecting unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape;
wherein the lancing unit and the tape unit are movable alternately to and from the operating position as a common assembly relative to the housing;
wherein the abutment is movable to the operating position to contact the body part before the lancing element initiates a lancing stroke.
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Abstract
The invention concerns an analytical instrument for assaying body fluids, the instrument having the following features: a) a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part, b) an abutment for the body part which can be moved between a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element, c) a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part resting against the abutment in a linear lancing stroke, d) a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part, and e) a detection unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape.
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1. An analytical instrument for assaying body fluids, comprising:
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a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part; an abutment for contacting the body part, wherein the abutment can be brought into a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element; a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part, the lancing unit including a lancet drive; a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part; and a detecting unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape; wherein the lancing unit and the tape unit are movable alternately to and from the operating position as a common assembly relative to the housing; wherein the abutment is movable to the operating position to contact the body part before the lancing element initiates a lancing stroke. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An analytical device for assaying body fluids, comprising:
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a housing having a receiving element for engaging a body part; a lancing unit having a lancing element for piercing the body part; an abutment for contacting the body part, the abutment being movable between a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element and being movable to the operating position in which the abutment contacts the body part before the lancing element initiates a lancing stroke; a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid emerging from the body part; and a detecting unit for analyzing the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape; wherein the lancing unit and test tape unit can be moved alternately into the area of the receiving element on separate paths by separate delivery drives that are mechanically coupled to one another through shared gearing. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An analytical instrument for assaying body fluids comprising:
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a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part; an abutment for contacting the body part and the abutment can be brought into a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element; a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part; a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part; and a detecting unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape; wherein the test tape unit has a reciprocating deflecting head that is movable from the test tape unit toward the receiving element to pull a tape loop from the test tape unit and to transport the tape loop to the receiving element. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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37. An analytical device for assaying body fluids, comprising:
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a housing having a receiving element for engaging a body part; a lancing unit having a lancing element for piercing the body part; an abutment for contacting the body part, the abutment being movable between a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element and being movable to the operating position in which the abutment contacts the body part before the lancing element initiates a lancing stroke; a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid emerging from the body part; and a detecting unit for analyzing the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape; wherein the lancing unit and test tape unit can be moved alternately into the area of the receiving element on separate paths by separate delivery drives that are mechanically coupled to one another, wherein movement of the lancing unit to the operating position occurs simultaneously with movement of the test tape unit. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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