596156 A lancet having a flat shaft (1) which has an upper side and a lower side, the shaft forming at a front end a blade (1a) which ends in a point (2), the blade having on the lower side two cutting edges (4), which run together at the point (2), and the shaft (1) having at least one depression on its lower side to receive a sample. The shaft, on its upper side, merges into the blade (1a) at two edges (5) which meet at a vertex (6), and the upper side of the blade (1a), between the vertex (6) and the point (2), are curved convexly, as shown.
