Patent ID: 7343188

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of devices wherein each said device comprises: (i) a skin-piercing member configured to access physiological fluid beneath the skin surface; (ii) a biosensor for measuring a characteristic of the accessed physiological fluid wherein said skin-piercing member is integrated with said biosensor; and (iii) a physiological fluid transfer pathway extending from said at least one skin-piercing member to said biosensor; and wherein the hosuing comprises at least one ramped surface for deflecting said skin-piercing member through the skin surface at an oblique angle relative to said skin surface when said skin-piercing member is operatively positioned relative to said skin surface; and means for moving each of said plurality of devices in a manner that provides for cooperation between said at least one ramped surface and said skin-piercing member to cause penetration of the skin surface by said skin-piercing member at said oblique angle relative to the skin surface by said skin-piercing member.