Patent ID: 8574496

Claim:
A body fluid testing device for analyzing a body fluid, comprising: a test media tape adapted to collect the body fluid, said test media tape comprising a tape and test media portions, wherein a free tape portion without test medium is located between successive test media portions, said testing device further comprising a supply portion, wherein said supply portion comprises a housing in which uncontaminated test media tape is contained, said testing device further comprising a waste storage portion for storing a contaminated section of the test media tape, said housing further having an opening for withdrawing test media tape from the housing, said supply portion further having a sealing means for closing said opening against the surrounding, wherein a free tape portion of said test media tape is located between a surface and the sealing means when said sealing means closes said opening, wherein the sealing means can assume a first position in which the sealing means closes the opening of the container and a second position in which the opening is opened so that test media tape can be withdrawn out of the housing, and wherein the distance between two successive test media portions is such that a succeeding test medium is located within the supply portion when the preceding test medium is within the waste storage portion.