Blood gas analyzer and system comprising a blood gas analyzer, and use thereof

A system for performing a measurement on analyte a blood sample, comprising a blood gas analyzer and a handheld blood sample container;

• the blood gas analyzer comprising:
• (a) a controller;
• (b) a sensor system comprising at least one sensor that is structurally configured and positioned to enable the at least one sensor to perform the following:
• (1) detecting a presence, a position, and/or an orientation of the handheld blood sample container relative to an inlet structure, and
• (2) outputting at least one sensor signal indicative of the detected presence, position and/or orientation of the handheld blood sample container;
• and
• (c) an aspiration system that is structurally configured and positioned to enable the aspiration system to aspirate the blood sample from the handheld blood sample container, the aspiration system comprising:
• (1) the inlet structure that is structurally configured and positioned to enable the inlet structure to connect to the handheld blood sample container;
• and
• (2) a user interface system comprising:
• (A) an instruction output device that is structurally configured and positioned to enable the instruction output device to output user instructions to a user of the blood gas analyzer;
• and
• (B) an electronic memory comprising at least two pre-stored sets of machine readable instructions;
• wherein the controller of the blood gas analyzer is connected to each of the sensor system and the aspiration system such that the controller is structurally configured and positioned to enable the controller of the blood gas analyzer is configured to:
• receive the at least one sensor signal indicative of the detected presence, position and/or orientation of the handheld blood sample container relative to the inlet structure;
• select one of the at least two pre-stored sets of machine readable instructions based on an assessment of the at least one sensor signal performed by the controller;
• and
• cause the instruction output device to output to the user at least a portion of the selected one of the at least two pre-stored sets of machine readable instructions at the instruction output device.