Patent ID: 7862519

Claim:
A multiple use analyte sensing assembly, comprising: (a) a long, thin electrical conductor; (b) a plurality of sensing sites spaced along said electrical conductor, each said sensing site including a membrane system adapted to create a current in conjunction with said electrical conductor when each said sensing site is placed into contact with body fluid containing an analyte; (c) a housing, having a housing aperture; (d) an uptake spool and a payout spool, located within said housing, said electrical conductor being wrapped about said payout spool and threaded to said uptake spool prior to said sensing assembly being used; (e) a sensor positioning actuator for turning said uptake spool so that each said sensing site is moved, in sequence, to said housing aperture and to said uptake spool; and (f) a skin broaching assembly, having: (i) a multiple lancet holding mechanism; (ii) a multiplicity of lancets held by said multiple lancet holding mechanism; (iii) a lancet positioning actuator adapted to move, in sequence, each lancet to a position coincident to said housing aperture; and (iv) a lancet use actuator adapted to move a lancet that is positioned coincident to said housing aperture, at least partially through said housing aperture and then back again.