| abstract |
A lancet cassette includes a lancet having a pricking member for piercing a predetermined portion and a container having a space in which the lancet moves, characterized in that the lancet cassette is capable of mounting a thin sensor element thereon, and a moving direction of the pricking member of the lancet intersects an extending plane of the sensor element in the vicinity of a leading end of the sensor element. Such cassette is used to form a lancet assembly. |