Patent ID: RE41946

Claim:
A portable point of care medical analyzer that enables an operator to rapidly obtain results for a plurality of diverse analyses, said analyzer comprising: (a) a base unit having a main CPU and including signal processing devices and circuitry for rapid processing of electrical signals generated by electrical, electrochemical, optical or mechanical sensors of one or more associated analytical modules; (b) at least one permanent analytical module integral with said base unit which includes a disposable is adapted to receive a removable test device having electrochemical sensors for making a plurality of determinations characteristic of a fluid serum sample selected from blood or other body fluid ; (c) one or more types of module interface units for connecting and interfacing between one or more removable analytical module units and said base unit; (d) one or more dedicated removable analytical module units for making specific determinations and which are designed to be plugged into said base unit and connect electrically to a specific type of modular interface unit; (e) wherein the combination of said base unit signal processing devices and circuitry and said module interface units enables direct utilization of the output signals from each of said removable modules; and (f) common output devices in said base unit for providing visual or printed display of determinations from all modules. the base unit including programming logic and circuitry for receiving signals from said permanent analytical module and one or more of said removable analytical modules and directing an analytical information output.