Patent ID: 8029735
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A test system for determining an analyte concentration in a fluid sample, comprising: a sensor container having a base and a lid, the sensor container being adapted to enclose a plurality of test sensors therein, the sensor container including a calibration label attached thereto, the calibration label including a plurality of electrical contacts located thereon, the electrical contacts being adapted to encode calibration information onto the calibration label; and a testing device having a calibrating feature externally located thereon, the testing device being adapted to determine the analyte concentration in the fluid sample, the calibrating feature including a plurality of calibration elements being adapted to communicate with the plurality of electrical contacts on the calibration label, the testing device forming an opening sized to receive an individual test sensor that has been removed from the sensor container, wherein the testing device includes a processor, the processor configured to determine the analyte concentration after both the calibration label of the sensor container communicates with the externally located calibrating feature of the testing device and the individual test sensor has been received in the opening of the testing device, the processor configured to use the calibration information encoded on the calibration label, the processor configured to determine the analyte concentration without inserting the sensor container or the calibration label into the testing device.