Patent ID: 7519408

Claim:
A system for monitoring glucose concentration in a biological sample of a host, the system comprising: a continuous glucose sensor that produces a data stream indicative of a host's glucose concentration, wherein the continuous glucose sensor comprises a sensing region and a sensing membrane located over the sensing region; an integrated receiver that receives the data stream from the continuous glucose sensor, wherein the integrated receiver comprises a housing, and wherein the housing comprises: a processor module comprising programming to process the data stream received from glucose sensor; a single point glucose monitor adapted to receive a biological sample from the host and measure the concentration of glucose in the sample, wherein electronics associated with the single point monitor are non-releasably located on the housing, wherein the single point glucose monitor further comprises a sensing region and a sensing membrane located over the sensing region; and wherein the processor module further comprises programming to calibrate the data stream using the glucose concentration measured by the single point glucose monitor.