Patent ID: 7939019
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An interim auto-calibration circuit or label adapted to be used with a sensor package, the sensor package being adapted to be used with a first instrument and a second instrument, the first instrument being adapted to determine an analyte concentration in a fluid sample, the second instrument being adapted to determine the analyte concentration in the fluid sample, the first instrument being different from the second instrument, the first instrument including a first plurality of pins in a first pattern, the second instrument including a second plurality of pins in a second pattern, the first and second patterns being different, the sensor package comprising: a plurality of electrical connections that includes a plurality of contact areas, each of the plurality of contact areas having a first contact section and a second contact section being shorted together, each of the first contact sections being adapted to contact a respective one of the first plurality of pins, each of the second contact sections being adapted to contact a respective one of the second plurality of pins, the first contact section and the second contact section is located in a single layer, the plurality of electrical connections assisting in conveying information corresponding to the plurality of test sensors, the information being adapted to be utilized by the first instrument and the second instrument to auto-calibrate for the plurality of test sensors.