Integrated meter for analyzing biological samples
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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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Abstract
Analyte monitoring devices and methods therefore are provided. The devices integrate various functions of analyte monitoring, e.g., sample acquisition and testing.
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1. An analyte monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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