Patent ID: 7972861

Claim:
A method for adjusting glucose bias, if any, of a blood sample in a glucose-monitoring product comprising the acts of: (a) measuring the glucose value, Glu m , of the blood sample; (b) measuring the resistance of the blood sample, R cell , using a biosensor reagent; (c) identifying the resistance of plasma, R plasma , for a reagent lot of the biosensor reagent during manufacturing; (d) determining the calculated resistance of red blood cells, R RBC , of the blood sample according to the relationship: R RBC =R cell −R plasma ; (e) calculating the percent hematocrit, % Hct c , of the blood sample using the calculated resistance of red blood cells R RBC ; (f) determining whether to adjust the glucose value, Glu m , to an adjusted glucose value, Glu adj using the percent hematocrit, % Hct c ; and (g) using the percent hematocrit, % Hct c , and the glucose value, Glu m , or the adjusted glucose value, Glu adj , from either act (a) or act (f) to adjust for the glucose bias of the blood sample, if any.