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Integrated meter for analyzing biological samples

  • US 7,922,971 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2006
  • Issued: 04/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An analyte monitoring apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a user interface coupled with the housing including one or more switches or a display or both;

    one or more integrated lancet and test strips contained in the housing that include both a lancet and an analyte test strip at different ends of the integrated lancet and test strip,wherein a longitudinal axis extends from the lancet end to the analyte test strip end of the integrated lancet and test strip, and wherein the test strip is flat and a lateral axis extends within a plane of the test strip and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;

    a lancing and testing port defined in the housing for permitting the integrated lancet and test strip to contact a lancing site outside the housing;

    a set of mechanical components for loading an integrated lancet and test strip for a lancing and testing process, for advancing the integrated lancet and test strip for lancing through said port at a lancing site proximate to the port, for re-orienting the integrated lancet and test strip such that the integrated lancet and test strip is rotated about a line parallel to the lateral axis, and for advancing the integrated lancet and test strip for testing at said lancing site also through said port; and

    an analyzer for determining an analyte level of a body fluid applied to the test strip from the lancing site.

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