ANALYTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE IN A BODY FLUID AND DISPOSABLE INTEGRATED SAMPLE COLLECTION AND ANALYTICAL ELEMENT

摘要

The system a pricking element (7) arranged adjacent to a sample contact side of a test strip, and comprising a capillary channel (17) with a sample inlet. Body fluid enters the capillary channel through the inlet after pricking, and is escaped from the capillary channel through a sample outlet. Movement of the pricking element includes a sample transfer position, in which the outlet is adjacent to a sample receiving zone (10) of the test strip in such a manner that the body fluid is transferred from the capillary channel to the sample receiving zone through the sample outlet.