Patent ID: 8372352
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A biosensor assembly, including: a blood glucose meter including a body with a display and a user interface on a front side of said body, said front side extending between opposite sidewalls of said body and opposite first and second ends of said body, said first end including a port for receiving an analytical element said meter including circuitry electrically connected to said analytical element when said analytical element is received within said port, said circuitry capable of measuring one or more properties of a fluid on said analytical element, said meter including said display in an electrical connection to display said measurement and said second end including a receptacle extending across said second end, said receptacle opening at each of said opposite sidewalls and said body includes at least one groove in said receptacle extending into said body; and an elongated cylindrical container including a casing with a plurality of compartment portions housing respective ones of a plurality of analytical elements, said casing being removably mounted to a base assembly extending from said casing along a longitudinal axis of said container, wherein said casing includes at least one tongue extending from an outer surface thereof that is received in said groove in said body of said blood glucose meter, said at least one tongue engaging said at least one groove to rotatably fix said casing to said body while allowing said base assembly to rotate relative to said casing about said longitudinal axis to align a dispenser mechanism of said base assembly with a selected one of said plurality of compartment portions.