Patent ID: 9448197
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An integrated meter for determining a concentration of an analyte in a fluid sample located on a test sensor, the meter comprising: a housing; a memory device coupled to the housing and adapted to store information; a sample collection system coupled to the housing and including a sample collection mechanism and a detection device, the sample collection mechanism being configured to obtain the fluid sample, and the detection device including a sensor connected to the sample collection mechanism and adapted to detect a characteristic of the sample collection mechanism; and an electrical circuitry coupled to the housing and adapted to operatively connect to the test sensor and determine the analyte concentration of the fluid sample located on the test sensor, the electrical circuitry being in electronic communication with the memory device, the electrical circuitry being further adapted to communicate the determined analyte concentration to the memory device for storage, the electrical circuitry including a first communication interface adapted to communicate with the sample collection system, wherein the sample collection mechanism is adapted to obtain the fluid sample from a first test site or a second test site on a test subject, the sample collection system including a second communication interface, the detection device being adapted to determine, from the characteristic of the sample collection mechanism detected by the sensor, whether the sample collection system is being used to obtain the fluid sample from the first test site or the second test site, the second communication interface being adapted to communicate the determined test site to the first communication interface, wherein the memory device is configured to store, in association with the analyte concentration, a marker indicating whether the fluid sample was obtained from the first test site or the second test site.