Patent ID: 7509232

Claim:
System for point of care diagnosis and/or analysis of a body fluid of a patient, comprising: at least one cartridge, having: a sample receiving room for receiving a sample of the body fluid to be diagnosed and/or analyzed, a diagnosing and/or analyzing arrangement for measuring at least one physiological parameter of the sample, a first interface for connecting the cartridge to at least one handheld diagnosis and/or analysis device, the at least one handheld diagnosis and/or analysis device, having: at least one second interface for connecting one of said cartridges to the handheld device, a measurement arrangement co-operating with the connected cartridge for measuring the physiological parameter and generating measurement data thereof, at least one third interface for connecting the handheld device to a data processing device, the data processing device, having: at least one fourth interface for connecting one of said handheld devices to the data processing device, a data processing unit co-operating with the connected handheld device for further processing the measurement data; and wherein at least one of said handheld devices comprises a memory for unambiguously storing the measurement data together with sample-specific data, and the data processing unit of the at least one of said data processing device co-operates with the memory of the connected handheld device.