Patent ID: 8483974

Claim:
A device for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample, the device comprising: a housing; a test strip port disposed in the housing and configured to receive an analyte test strip; a processor configured to determine the concentration of an analyte in a sample disposed on the analyte test strip, thereby providing a determined analyte concentration; a power source disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the processor and the test strip port; and a communication unit removably connected to the housing through the test strip port and in communication with the processor, wherein the communication unit comprises a wireless transceiver and is configured to receive the determined analyte concentration from the processor through the test strip port and wirelessly transmit the determined analyte concentration to a data management device via the wireless transceiver; wherein the power source in the housing provides power to the removably connected communication unit and the wireless transceiver to wirelessly transmit the determined analyte concentration.