Patent ID: 6988996

Claim:
A bodily fluid sampling device for analyzing a bodily fluid, comprising: a test media cassette including a test media tape adapted to collect the bodily fluid, a supply portion storing an uncontaminated section of the test media tape that is uncontaminated with the bodily fluid, a storage portion storing a contaminated section of the test media tape that is contaminated with the bodily fluid, an exposure portion positioned between the supply portion and the storage portion, the exposure portion being adapted to expose a section of the test media tape to the bodily fluid; a sensor positioned between the supply portion and the storage portion to sense at least one property of the bodily fluid collected on the test media tape at the exposure portion of the cassette; a piercing device adapted to pierce skin; and the test media tape defining a throughway to allow passage of the piercing device through the test media tape during piercing.