Patent ID: 8105536

Claim:
A method for dispensing a biosensor used in the determination of an analyte in body fluid from a biosensor storage cartridge, the method comprising: providing a plurality of stacked biosensors within a hollow body of the storage cartridge, the hollow body being closed at a first end and open at a second end; disposing a flexible conveying member over the open second end, the conveying member forming at least one aperture therein; applying pressure to the conveying member at the open second end to form a substantially moisture-impervious seal over the open second end; biasing the biosensors stacked within the cartridge towards the sealed second end; receiving a biosensor from the stack of biosensors in the at least one aperture formed in the conveying member; and pulling a portion of the conveying member from the cartridge such that the biosensor received in the at least one aperture is pulled from the cartridge, the flexible conveying member being sufficiently flexible to assist in removing the biosensor therefrom.