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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Herbert Harttig, Neustadt, DE;
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A lancet magazine is disclosed which includes a housing and a plurality of lancets each of which is enclosed in a sterile chamber of the housing, wherein the chambers each have a puncturing opening which is closed with a foil, wherein the lancets include a sample receiving device for receiving body fluid and the chambers each include a further opening which is closed with a membrane that is permeable to gas and fluid and includes a lower side that faces the lancet and serves to receive body fluid from the sample receiving device and an upper side that serves to transfer body fluid to a test field arranged on the membrane.