BLOOD ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE

摘要

The invention relates to a blood analysis device (2) comprising a housing body (4), a blood withdrawal device (8) comprising a plurality of pricking elements (10), a plurality of testing means (14) which are used to analyse a minimal amount of blood, an evaluation device comprising an electronic evaluation system and a display device (6), which together form one complete hand-held system which is embodied as a single device. The housing body (4) can be arranged in a pricking position (12) corresponding to an operational position (30) of a respective pricking element (10) which is applied to the surface of the skin of a user. A plurality of testing means (14) and pricking elements (10) can be introduced into the device and can be arranged in a successive manner in an operational position (30) in order to carry out several measurements. When a pricking element (10) is positioned in an operational position (30), the pricking element can be inserted into the surface of the skin of a user in a pricking position (12). Blood emanating from the surface of the skin can reach to a test means (14). The invention is characterised in that said blood analysis device comprises a device (18) which produces a low pressure, which can be applied to the surface of the skin immediately prior to the pricking or simultaneously with the pricking or immediately after the pricking in order to obtain a minimal amount of blood.