Integrated Sensor for Analyzing Biological Samples
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1. A method of providing a sample of body fluid to a test strip for measuring a glucose level within the fluid, comprising:
- (a) providing an integrated glucose testing striplet including a lancet needle and a test strip that are coupled at different ends of a lancet body of the striplet;
(b) loading the testing striplet within a striplet-containing analyte meter including arming the lancet needle by removing a lancet cap;
(c) piercing a lancing site with the lancet needle at a predetermined location relative to the meter; and
(d) automatically reorienting the striplet within the glucose meter; and
(e) automatically advancing and contacting a sample receiving portion of the test strip at the lancing site, such that body fluid from the lancing site is automatically applied to the sample receiving portion of the test strip for measuring a glucose level.
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Abstract
An integrated lancet and testing striplet for measuring a body analyte level in a health care regimen includes a skin piercing member and an analyte sensor coupled together.
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1. A method of providing a sample of body fluid to a test strip for measuring a glucose level within the fluid, comprising:
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(a) providing an integrated glucose testing striplet including a lancet needle and a test strip that are coupled at different ends of a lancet body of the striplet; (b) loading the testing striplet within a striplet-containing analyte meter including arming the lancet needle by removing a lancet cap; (c) piercing a lancing site with the lancet needle at a predetermined location relative to the meter; and (d) automatically reorienting the striplet within the glucose meter; and (e) automatically advancing and contacting a sample receiving portion of the test strip at the lancing site, such that body fluid from the lancing site is automatically applied to the sample receiving portion of the test strip for measuring a glucose level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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