Patent ID: 7818132

Claim:
A test system for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological fluid sample, the system comprising: a plurality of test members in a container, each test member including reagent means for indicating the catalytic activity of an enzyme when in the presence of a biological fluid containing an analyte acted upon by the enzyme; a test meter for receiving a test member, the meter having circuitry for performing a measurement on a test member received therein to produce a measured physical value, means for determining an analyte concentration value for a specified biological fluid from said measured physical value, and means for indicating a determined analyte concentration value; a Container RFID tag associated with the container which includes data specific to said plurality of test members; and a Patient RFID tag which includes data specific to a patient; and wherein said test meter includes means for reading and storing data from said Container RFID tag and from said Patient RFID tag; wherein the test meter is programmed to require input from each of said RFID tags before an analyte concentration measurement can be taken; and wherein the test meter is programmed to signal an error condition if an analyte concentration measurement has not been made within a pre-set time from reading data from one of the Container RFID tag and the Patient RFID tag.