Patent ID: 7643997

Claim:
A handheld analysis instrument for assaying a medically significant sample, the handheld analysis instrument comprising: a measuring device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in the sample; and an output device for outputting measurement results which were determined by the measuring device, the output device being configured to operate in one or the other of an acoustic mode for outputting the measurement results through nonverbal acoustic signals and a speech output mode for outputting the measurement results verbally, wherein the output device comprises: an acoustic signal output device for operation in the acoustic mode; and a wireless interface comprising a transmitter and a receiver for wirelessly communicating with a wireless interface of a speech output unit external to the analysis instrument, by which the measurement results are outputted verbally via the interface of the output device when operating in the speech output mode; and wherein a transition of the output device from the acoustic mode into the speech output mode is triggered by reception of a signal transmitted by the speech output unit via the wireless interface of the output device and of the external speech output unit.