Patent ID: 8158081

Claim:
A system for determining the concentration of an analyte, the system comprising: an analyte sensor strip for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample; an analyte monitoring device comprising a sensor port and a housing with a sensor port opening sized and shaped to receive the analyte sensor strip; and a cover for covering the sensor port opening, the cover movably attached to the analyte monitoring device, the cover comprising: a first end of the cover pivotally attached to the housing; and a second end of the cover, the second end unattached from the analyte monitoring device and rotatable about the first end, wherein the cover has a first position whereby the rotatable second end is adjacent the sensor port opening and covering the sensor port opening to prevent the analyte sensor strip from residing in the sensor port, and wherein the cover has a second position whereby the rotatable second end is away from the sensor port opening such that the sensor port opening is exposed to enable the analyte sensor strip to reside in the sensor port.