Blood lancet with hygienic tip protection

A lancet system for piercing tissue to cause a body fluid to flow out of the tissue, the lancet system comprising:

• a lancing device;
• a plurality of lancets stored in the lancing device, each lancet including
• a lancet needle with a tip, wherein the tip is sharp for piercing the tissue,
• wherein the lancet needle is manufactured from a material that is hard enough to withstand mechanical stress without deformation during piercing of the tissue,
• a lancet body which completely surrounds the lancet needle at least in the area of the tip, the tip being able to move relative to the lancet body and able to protrude from the lancet body and the lancet body including an elastic material at least in the area of the tip of the lancet needle, characterized in that before its use, the tip of the lancet needle is embedded in the elastic material without a hollow space remaining,
• wherein the lancet body is configured to keep at least the tip of the lancet needle sterile in an unused state before use,
• wherein the elastic material is a thermoplastic elastomer that is configured to be pierced by the tip without damaging the tip,
• wherein the tip of the lancet needle has a first position in which the tip is embedded within the elastic material of the lancet body,
• wherein the tip of the lancet needle has a second position in which the tip protrudes from the lancet body, and
• the tip of the lancet needle being moveable from the first position to the second position;
• the lancing device configured to engage the lancets to move the tip of the lancet needle from the first position to the second position, wherein the tip is configured to pierce the lancet body when the lancing device moves the tip from the first position to the second position;
• wherein unused ones of the lancets are stored together with used ones of the lancets in the lancing device;
• and
• wherein the entire store of lancets are configured to be disposed of as a whole from the lancing device.

A lancet system, comprising:

• a lancet magazine;
• a plurality of lancets accommodated in the lancet magazine, each of the lancets including
• a lancet needle with a tip, and
• a lancet body which completely surrounds the lancet needle at least in the area of the tip, the tip being able to move relative to the lancet body and able to protrude from the lancet body and the lancet body including an elastic material at least in the area of the tip of the lancet needle, characterized in that before its use, the tip of the lancet needle is embedded in the elastic material without a hollow space remaining, wherein the elastic material is an injection moldable material.