Integrated sample testing meter
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1. An integrated sample-testing meter comprising a single modular housing carrying:
- a pressure device;
a lancet;
a lancet drive train for driving the lancet between an extended position and a retracted position;
a test strip cartridge containing a plurality of test strips, each strip having a sample-receiving area;
a sensor for analyzing a fluid sample received on a test strip; and
a test strip dispensing system for moving test strips individually from the cartridge to a sample-receiving position in which the sample-receiving area of the test strip is in proximity to the location of the end of the lancet in its extended position and in which the test strip is connected to the sensor, the meter being arranged such that, in use, when it is located on the skin of a user and is activated, the lancet is moved to its extended position and retracted to form a puncture in the user'"'"'s skin, the pressure device causes a drop of fluid to form around the puncture, a test strip is moved from the cartridge to the sample-receiving position, the test strip receives a sample from the fluid drop and the sensor analyzes the sample.
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Abstract
An integrated sample testing meter, for instance for measuring blood, comprising a lancing device, an electrochemical sensor and a test strip cartridge disposed in a single modular housing. The test strip cartridge includes a stack of test strips suitable for performing an electrochemical or photometric analysis of a blood sample. The integrated test system automatically dispenses and positions a test strip in proximity to a lancet puncture site, automatically transfer, a blood sample to the test strip from the lancet puncture site and automatically analyzes the blood sample after the test strip collects the sample from the puncture site.
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1. An integrated sample-testing meter comprising a single modular housing carrying:
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a pressure device;
a lancet;
a lancet drive train for driving the lancet between an extended position and a retracted position;
a test strip cartridge containing a plurality of test strips, each strip having a sample-receiving area;
a sensor for analyzing a fluid sample received on a test strip; and
a test strip dispensing system for moving test strips individually from the cartridge to a sample-receiving position in which the sample-receiving area of the test strip is in proximity to the location of the end of the lancet in its extended position and in which the test strip is connected to the sensor, the meter being arranged such that, in use, when it is located on the skin of a user and is activated, the lancet is moved to its extended position and retracted to form a puncture in the user'"'"'s skin, the pressure device causes a drop of fluid to form around the puncture, a test strip is moved from the cartridge to the sample-receiving position, the test strip receives a sample from the fluid drop and the sensor analyzes the sample. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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