The invention relates to a blood pricking head (8) for a mechatronic assembly such as a robot-controlled arm of an automatic or semi-automatic blood collection machine configured to enable movement of the mechatronic assembly below the limb of a patient, the pricking head comprising: a frame (10) provided with remov...

Method for determining at least one optimal insertion segment (810a, 810b, 810c, 810d) in a patient's limb, for the purposes of inserting a needle into a vein of the patient, the segment (810a, 810b, 810c, 810d) being representative of an insertion point (820a, 820b, 820c, 820d), an insertion direction and a maximum...