Patent ID: 8062235

Claim:
A health monitoring device for measuring blood or tissue fluid indicators, the device comprising a body having a first opening and a second opening, a piercing means attached to the body and having a piercing head arranged to extend out from the first opening of the body, the piercing means being cockable and further releasable for piercing skin with the piercing head, and a space arranged in connection with the body, into which space a number of sensor strips can be arranged such that the strips can be brought out from the device one by one through the second opening of the body into a sampling position, and a shutter having a first position and a second position, the shutter being arranged to tightly cover the first and the second opening of the body in the first position, the shutter being movable to the second position for exposing the first and the second opening of the body, wherein the piercing means arranged in the first opening can be cocked and released and a sensor strip can be pushed from the second opening of the body, the piercing means thus being capable of piercing the skin and the sensor strip thus being capable of being brought into the sampling position when the shutter is in the second position.