Always unified system for testing analyte levels, modules and methods thereof

Abstract

The present invention discloses means and methods for reducing or eliminating pain during testing analyte levels of bodily fluids, including glucose, comprising a chip configured for both (i) to process electrical pulses obtained from a communicable analyzing strip, and (ii) to communicate the processed digital data. Pain reduction mechanisms accommodated by the device may include a finger clamping mechanism and/or an ergonomically contoured elastic finger-pad. The invention also discloses means and methods for body piercing, by an integrated diagnostic device comprising a lancet reversibly movable in parallel with a longitudinal axis from a first retract position, to a fully extended third position within the dermis and above and outside the venuole plexus, via a second position, located within the stratum cornea, and then back, to a final retracted fourth position; wherein the velocity of said lancet in its way from said first to said second position is relatively slow.

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