Tape cassette for a portable medical device

摘要

The cartridge has a carrier tape (2) carrying test fields (3) and/or lancets (4) as function elements, where the test fields are provided for analyzing a sample of a human or animal body fluid e.g. blood. A storage section of the carrier tape with the unused function elements is arranged in a storage chamber. A winding device (7) is provided to wind the carrier tape and to pull the tape through a tape delivery port (6) of the storage chamber. The function elements are brought successively in a usage position. The carrier tape in the delivery port is oriented transverse to the storage section.