Patent ID: 8283175

Claim:
A test device for determining the concentration of at least one analyte in a sample, the device comprising: a housing having a closed state and an opened state: a storage device removably received within the housing, the storage device comprising a magazine having plurality of cavities, each cavity configured for receiving a substantially flat test strip in a storage position and in a substantially parallel orientation to test strips in a storage position in other cavities of the storage device; a dispensing device configured to engage a test strip received within the storage device and to convey the test strip from the storage position to a measurement position during opening of the housing, the opening being effected when the housing is moved from the closed state to the opened state; and a measuring device provided within the housing and configured to determine the concentration of the at least one analyte concentration in a sample when the sample is applied to a test strip which is moved to the measurement position, the measuring device operatively engaging the test strip when the test strip is conveyed to the measurement position.