Tape transport lance sampler

Method for analyzing a body fluid comprising:

• providing a plurality of collecting elements and associated test fields on a windable carrier tape wherein the collecting elements are provided with a collecting structure which takes up a body fluid and the body fluid from the collecting structure is applied to the test fields in order to detect an analyte in the body fluid;
• holding each of the collecting elements in a movable manner on the carrier tape by means of a coupling member;
• and
• bringing one of the collecting elements into contact with the associated test field by a transfer movement from a usage position that is distant from the associated test field into a contact position so that the body fluid is transferred from the collecting structure onto the associated test field.

A method, comprising:

• lancing an incision in tissue with a lancet, wherein the lancet includes a capillary groove, wherein the lancet is attached to a tape that includes a test pad;
• drawing body fluid from the incision into the capillary groove;
• flipping the lancet on the tape to a tail first orientation by indexing the tape;
• and
• analyzing the body fluid with the lancet in the tail first orientation by applying the body fluid from the capillary groove onto the test pad.