Patent ID: 6591125
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61B,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A method of determining a concentration of glucose in blood, the method comprising steps of:stimulating a region of forearm skin by manually rubbing the forearm skin for a period of time adequate to obtain a glucose measurement that is at least 10% nearer a concentration determined from blood obtained from a fingertip measurement than a determination of the concentration of glucose from blood obtained from the region of skin without stimulating; after stimulating the region of the forearm skin, lancing the forearm skin to cause a flow of blood from the region; coupling an electrochemical sensor strip to a meter; contacting the sensor strip to the blood and tran sporting no more than about 1 microliter of the blood to a sample chamber in the sensor strip; and electrochemically determining the concentration of glucose using coulometry, amperometry or potentiometry.