| abstract |
In an apparatus for examining body fluids having a piercing member (14) pierceable into a body part (22) along a piercing axis (48) and having a collecting volume (44) for collecting punctured body fluid (52), and one for detection an ingredient of the body fluid (52) formed receiving element (16), which is acted upon with body fluid (52) from the collecting volume (44), according to the invention, the lancing element (14) and the receiving element (16) in the lancing axis (48) relative to each other arranged so that the receiving element (16) during a subsequent to the puncture transfer phase in the piercing direction in the collecting volume (44) is immersed. |