Patent ID: 8251907
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A61B,A61M,G01N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining health of a patient using an analyte detection system coupled to said patient such that a bodily fluid of said patient is accessible to said analyte detection system, said method comprising: providing a housing having a fluid handling system disposed therein, the fluid handling system comprising: drawing a sample of the bodily fluid into the fluid handling system; automatically initiating and conducting a measurement of an analyte in said bodily fluid using said analyte detection system; and determining a treatment dose for said patient based on said measurement using said analyte detection system; wherein the fluid handling system is adapted to use a single lumen for each of the following: to withdraw a sample of blood from the patient in a first mode of operation, to return some withdrawn blood to the patient in a second mode of operation, and to deliver the treatment dose to the patient in a third mode of operation.