Abstract: A transport assembly with an upper part including a plurality of sleeves, each sleeve extending along a sleeve axis between a top opening and a bottom opening, wherein the plurality of sleeves are arranged with their respective axes in parallel to one another, and a lower part including a plate with a plurality of apertures that each extend through the plate. The upper part and the lower part can be coupled such that each bottom opening is arranged adjacent to one of the plurality of apertures, and the upper part and the lower part can be moved relative to one another between a closed configuration in which a perimeter of each bottom opening intersects a perimeter of a corresponding aperture at two or more points, and an open configuration in which the perimeter of each bottom opening is aligned with or is enclosed by the perimeter of a corresponding aperture.

Abstract: A transport assembly with a box portion including a box surface, a box front, a box back, and a pair of box sides, wherein the front, back, and sides each extend from the box surface, wherein a gap extends between the front and each of the sides; and a drawer portion including a drawer surface, a drawer front, and a pair of drawer sides, wherein the drawer front and drawer sides each extend from the drawer surface, the drawer surface and drawer sides define an open back portion that faces the drawer front, a gap extends between the drawer front and each of the drawer sides, and the box portion and drawer portion can be arranged such that an inner surface of the drawer front faces an outer surface of the box front and an inner surface of each box side faces an outer surface of a corresponding drawer side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing and supplying lancets for obtaining bodily fluids, the device comprising a lancet magazine having a lancet storage unit for a plurality of needle-shaped lancets and a drive unit for carrying out a piercing process of a lancet, and there being a retraction unit which moves the lancet back from the piercing position to the rest position thereof after the piercing process is carried out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piercing device for taking blood for medical analyses, comprising a base body, comprising at least one needle which is arranged therein and a tip which can be extended, comprising a needle holding element which encloses the needle at least in part and a drive unit for driving a movement of the needle together with the needle holding element with respect to the base body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piercing device for taking blood for medical analyses, comprising a base body, comprising at least one needle which is arranged therein and a tip which can be extended, comprising a needle holding element which encloses the needle at least in part and a drive unit for driving a movement of the needle together with the needle holding element with respect to the base body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing and supplying lancets for obtaining bodily fluids, the device comprising a lancet magazine having a lancet storage unit for a plurality of needle-shaped lancets and a drive unit for carrying out a piercing process of a lancet, and there being a retraction unit which moves the lancet back from the piercing position to the rest position thereof after the piercing process is carried out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for stripping a cable end section (13), comprising a novel measuring system in which the length of the inserted cable end section is determined during the insertion itself.