Test device in particular for blood sugar tests

A test device, in particular for blood sugar tests, comprising a lancing element which is provided with a lancing component for producing a skin puncture, and a protecting element shielding the lancing element at least in the region of the lancing component, wherein the lancing element has a collecting structure for collecting body fluid from the skin puncture and the protecting element has a protecting foil to cover the collecting structure, wherein the protecting element has a holding body formed as an injection-moulded part and directly moulded onto the lancing element for holding the protecting foil.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the collecting structure is formed by a recess in the lancing component that can be filled with body fluid and is in particular in the form of a groove that is open on one side or a cut-out that is open on both sides, and that the recess is covered by the protecting foil when the lancing element is in an unused state.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the lancing element has a hydrophilic coating which is covered by the protecting foil at least in some areas.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the protecting foil and the holding body are in a common movable arrangement on the lancing element or capable of being jointly removed therefrom so that the lancing component and the collecting structure are exposed when the lancing element is in use.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the lancing component can be inserted into the skin while piercing the holding body and/or the protecting foil.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the protecting element forms a stop against the skin or against an abutment when the skin puncture is produced.

Test device according to claim 1, wherein the protecting foil forms a two-layered foil envelope or a single-layered foil cover.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the protecting foil rests loosely on the lancing component or is releasably adhesively connected therewith.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the solid holding body forms a permanent composite with the protecting foil, wherein the holding body completely encloses the protecting foil or encloses it at one end section.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the holding body is made of an elastomer material.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the holding body is connected to the lancing element preferably in the area of an edge part reaching over the protecting foil in a germ-tight manner.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the protecting element is designed to maintain the sterility of at least the lancing component in the unused state and/or to enable at least the lancing component to be hygienically disposed of in the used state.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the collecting structure to which body fluid is applied can be brought into contact with an analytical test element that reacts to an analyte in the body fluid by means of a transfer movement so that body fluid is transferred from the collecting structure onto the test element.

The test device according to claim 1, wherein the holding body forms a guide member to control the movement of the lancing element.

A method for the production of a test device according to claim 1 in which a lancing element is covered with a protecting foil at least in the area of a collecting structure, wherein a holding body for the protecting foil is directly moulded as an injection-moulded part onto the lancing element.