Patent ID: 8257651

Claim:
An analyte measurement device, for use with a test strip for determining the amount of an analyte in a sample, the device comprising: (1) an analyte meter comprising: (i) a processor programmed to display a hierarchy of information or options having a plurality of levels; (ii) a test strip interface for receiving a diagnostic test strip; and (iii) a meter display communicatively coupled to the processor for displaying the hierarchy of information or options to a user, wherein each level of the plurality of levels comprises information or options selected from the group consisting of: a selectable lower level, a selectable upper level, a selectable subroutine performable by the processor, and a selectable parameter, and one of the plurality of levels includes a selectable subroutine performable by the processor that is a diagnostic test subroutine where the processor is programmed to perform a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test strip received within the test strip interface to determine a concentration of an analyte within the sample, and to store data in the hierarchy of information related to the test, (2) a housing having the meter disposed therein and having a display opening sized to receive the meter display and to make it externally visible to a user; and a test strip opening sized to receive a test strip, and (3) a rotatable user interface communicatively coupled to the processor and accessible on the outside of the housing, wherein the rotatable user interface is rotationally and translationally connected about the housing to permit rotation around an axis of rotation and translation along the axis of rotation, wherein when the rotatable user interface is: (i) rotated around the axis of rotation, the meter display scrolls through information or options in an open level, and (ii) translationally moved along the axis of rotation, a lower level of information is selected, an upper level of information is selected, a subroutine is selected, or a parameter is selected from an open level wherein a combination of rotation and translation of the rotatable user interface allows scrolling to and the selection of the diagnostic test subroutine.