Patent ID: 8647575

Claim:
A blood component measuring apparatus on which a test piece is mountable, comprising: a distal end mounting portion configured to have mounted thereon the test piece; a measuring portion adapted to measure components of blood sampled through a blood introduction path provided in the test piece when the test piece is mounted on the distal end mounting portion; and a monitor adapted to display a result determined by the measuring portion and a predetermined control section, wherein a display face of the monitor is defined as an upper side, while an opposite face to the display face is defined as a lower side, the lower side includes at least two surface contacting portions, the two surface contacting portions being spaced apart from one another so that one of the surface contacting portions is positioned distally of another of the surface contacting portions; wherein, when the test piece is mounted on the distal end mounting portion and the blood component measuring apparatus is placed on a horizontal surface lying in a horizontal plane in a state in which the display face of the monitor is directed upwardly and the two surface contacting portions are in contact with the horizontal surface, a center axial line of the test piece is directed obliquely downward toward a distal end side, and wherein when the test piece is mounted on the distal end mounting portion and the blood component measuring apparatus is placed on the horizontal surface lying in the horizontal plane in a state in which the display face of the monitor is directed upwardly and the two surface contacting portions are in contact with the horizontal surface, a distance between a spotted portion at the distal end of the test piece and the horizontal plane is 9 mm to 14 mm.