Patent Document ID: 9228935
Application ID: 13745371
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A device for detecting at least one analyte in a bodily fluid, comprising: a test element having a two-dimensional evaluation region; and a spatially resolving optical detector having a plurality of pixels, the detector being configured to image at least part of the test element onto an image region and to image at least part of the evaluation region onto an evaluation image region; wherein: the detector is matched to the test element such that a predetermined minimum number of pixels is provided for each dimension within the evaluation image region; the pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns; and the pixel rows are arranged substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of at least one of the evaluation region or the evaluation image region; further wherein, the device is configured to automatically recognize the evaluation region according to one or more of the following: a pattern recognition method, wherein the device comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of at least one lancet element and at least one capillary, wherein, in the pattern recognition method, the element is recognized and an extrapolation of the element onto the test element is identified as the evaluation region; a signal-change method, wherein a region of the test element within which an optically detectable change occurs as a result of a transfer of the bodily fluid onto the test element is identified as the evaluation region.