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InventorsPiet Moerman, Gad Shaanan, Patrick Mainville, Benoit Orban, Benjamin Coley, Walter Francpvich, Andreas Bode, Matthias Stiene, Alun Griffith
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An integrated sample testing meter, for instance for measuring blood, comprising a lancing device, an electrochemical sensor and a test strip cartridge disposed in a single modular housing. The test strip cartridge includes a stack of test strips suitable for performing an electrochemical or photometric analysis of a blood sample. The integrated test system automatically dispenses and positions a test strip in proximity to a lancet puncture site, automatically transfer, a blood sample to the test strip from the lancet puncture site and automatically analyzes the blood sample after the test strip collects the sample from the puncture site.
An integrated sample-testing meter comprising a single modular housing carrying:
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Details of handling test elements, e.g. dispensing or storage, not specific to a particular test method: test elements dispensed from a stack
Source of blood: for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
Means for enhancing collection: by tissue compression, e.g. with specially designed surface of device contacting the skin area to be pierced
Adjustment of penetration depth: depth adjustment mechanism at the proximal end of the carrier of the piercing element
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The present invention relates to an integrated sample testing meter for use in sampling and analyzing analytes, particularly glucose, in fluids such as blood or interstitial fluid.
Glucose monitoring is a fact of everyday life for diabetic individuals. The accuracy of such monitoring can literally mean the difference between life and death. Generally, a diabetic patient measures blood glucose levels several times a day to monitor and control blood sugar levels. Failure to test blood glucose levels accurately and on a regular basis can result in serious diabetes-related complications, including cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, nerve damage and blindness. A number of glucose meters are currently available which permit an individual to test the glucose level in a small sample of blood.
Many of the glucose meter designs currently available make use of a disposable test strip which, in combination with the meter, electrochemically or photometrically measures the amount of glucose in the blood sample. To use these meters, the user first punctures a finger or other body part using a lancet to produce a small sample of blood or interstitial fluid. The sample is then transferred to a disposable test strip. The inconvenience of taking several measurements a day, as well as the pain inflicted by currently available lancets, often discourage disciplined and frequent testing.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following detailed description in conjunction with the attached drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements through the different views.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an integrated blood and testing meter according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the exterior of the integrated meter of FIG. 1
The present invention provides an integrated meter for sampling and analyzing a sample of bodily fluid, such as blood, including a disposable test strip cartridge having a stack of test strips disposed therein. The present invention facilitates the monitoring of, for instance, blood glucose levels by integrating into a single meter the steps involved in sampling and analyzing blood into a simple process employing a single meter.
The present invention will be described below relative to an illustrative embodiment. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented in a number of different applications and embodiments and is not specifically limited in its application to the particular embodiment depicted herein.
The present invention will be discussed below in connection with sampling blood, although those of ordinary skill will recognize that other types of fluid can also be used.