Patent ID: 8003061

Claim:
A test strip card for testing a property of a fluid specimen, said test strip card comprising: a test strip comprising: (a) a front side comprising a reaction zone which is part of a reagent pad, (b) a back side comprising a sample pad, wherein a sample is administered to the sample pad, and (c) a zone that is not part of the reaction zone, the test strip being movably coupled to said test strip card for performing a reaction on the reaction zone on the reagent pad of the test strip; and a test scale card, comprising: a front wall, comprising: a comparison scale that comprises a continuous scale of visual levels, and a window along said comparison scale for viewing (a) the reaction zone of the test strip and (b) at least a portion of the zone of the test strip that is not part of the reaction zone, a back wall, and a pocket between said front wall and said back wall, the test strip movably located within said pocket in said test scale card with the front side adjacent the front wall and the back side adjacent the back wall, wherein said test strip is adjacent and movable with respect to said comparison scale to align said reaction zone with a matching visual level on said comparison scale thereby indicating the property of the specimen.