Patent ID: 8877034

Claim:
A method for determining an analyte of a whole blood sample, the method comprising the steps of: providing a sample of whole blood to a sample analyzing device having a capillary space; measuring an initial fill velocity of the sample in at least a portion of the capillary space in which the initial velocity is measured by: applying an electrical potential; measuring an electrical current; and determining an initial current flow; determining a hematocrit value of the blood sample solely from the measured initial fill velocity using an equation that requires the determined initial current flow and wherein the sample includes an analyte, and calculating a concentration of the analyte by: applying an electric potential; measuring an initial current after applying the electric potential; reversing the electric potential; measuring a change in current over time following the reversal of the electric potential as a slope (m) of a current versus time graph; and using an equation that requires the determined hematocrit value and the measured change in current over time.