Patent ID: 8435447

Claim:
An analyte testing meter, comprising: a housing, the housing including an outer wall, the outer wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a cartridge containing a plurality of analyte testing structures, the cartridge held within an interior space within the housing; and a set of mechanical components including: a pusher that advances an analyte testing structure from the cartridge; a slot that holds the analyte testing structure when the analyte testing structure is advanced into a first end of the slot by the pusher; and an electrical connector that electrically couples the analyte testing structure to the meter when the analyte testing structure is held in the slot, the electrical connector enabling a measurement of an analyte level for a fluid sample in contact with the analyte testing structure held in the slot; wherein the slot permits the removal of the analyte testing structure out a second end of the slot for disposal from the meter after a measurement is performed; and a curved inner wall surface within the housing, wherein the pusher is adjacent the curved inner wall surface and contacting the curved inner wall surface such that the pusher is curved along the curved inner wall surface, and wherein the pusher is disposed between the curved inner wall surface and the interior surface of the outer wall when advancing the analyte testing structure.