Patent ID: 8715571

Claim:
A test strip ejector system for receiving and ejecting a test strip of a fluid testing medical device, the system comprising: first and second guide rails each having first and second ends and a bulbous face; a sled having first and second spatially separated contact faces located between opposed first and second legs, each of the legs positioned externally to and retained in sliding continuous contact with one of the first or second guide rails between the first and second ends limiting sled motion to each of a loading direction and an ejection direction; a member movably connected to the fluid testing device, the sled coupled to the member such that member movement in a first direction displaces the sled in the loading direction to position the sled in a test strip test position, and opposite member movement in a second direction operates to displace the sled in the ejection direction away from the test strip test position and to position the first and second contact faces in contact with the test strip to eject the test strip from the fluid testing device by sled travel toward a test strip ejection position; and each of the legs having an S-shape including a convex shaped engagement portion externally contacting and partially capturing the bulbous face of one of the guide rails, thereby limiting displacement of the sled to only sliding motion in either the loading direction or the ejection direction.