Patent ID: 9101302
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An analyte test device, comprising: a housing shaped to define an aperture for receiving a body fluid sample through the skin of a patient disposed at the aperture, the housing defining a cavity spaced apart and isolated from the aperture, the cavity being externally accessible through an opening; an analyte test sensor coupled within said housing such that said test sensor is exposed to both of said aperture and said cavity, said test sensor comprising a reaction area defined between a plurality of electrodes, said test sensor configured such that a vacuum path is formed between said test sensor and a surface within said housing such that said body fluid sample is drawn from said aperture to said reaction area and prevented from entering said cavity during a process for analyte testing of said body fluid sample; a mechanically-fired lancet coupled within said housing and disposed for projecting through said aperture for puncturing said skin of said patient, wherein said test sensor is adapted to collect said body fluid sample at said reaction area from said patient through said aperture and said vacuum path after said puncturing of said skin of said patient without moving said skin of said patient relative to its position during puncturing, and wherein said housing comprises a skin receiving surface around said aperture, and wherein the skin receiving surface has an inward contour which is substantially rounded.