Patent ID: 8444575

Claim:
A meter for determining the concentration of an analyte in a fluid sample, the meter comprising: a memory device adapted to store information; an electrical circuitry adapted to determine the analyte concentration of the fluid sample located on a test sensor, the electrical circuitry being in electronic communication with the memory device, the electrical circuitry communicating the determined analyte concentration to the memory device for storage; and a detection device adapted to determine when the meter is being used for an alternative site test, the detection device being in electronic communication with the memory device and electrical circuitry, wherein the meter is adapted to be used with a lancing mechanism, and the detection device detects a distance that a lance extends from a portion of the lancing mechanism and determines whether the detected distance exceeds a threshold to determine whether an alternative test site is being lanced, the detection device distinguishing the alternative test site from a standard test site according to whether the distance exceeds the threshold, wherein, in response to the detection device determining that the alternative test site is being lanced, the determined analyte concentration is stored in the memory device along with a marker indicating whether the fluid sample was obtained from the alternative test site.