Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor

A portable medical device, comprising:

• an external hand-held medication injector for manually injecting a dosage of a medication, the medication injector only contacting a patient's body when a dosage of medication is injected;
• a hand-held blood characteristic monitor for analyzing a blood sample removed from the patient's body and the sample being placed into contact with the characteristic monitor for analysis external to the body of the patient, wherein the hand-held blood characteristic monitor is coupled to the hand-held medication injector;
• a processor coupled to the hand-held medication injector and the hand-held blood characteristic monitor to form a single device, wherein the processor determines a value equal to the dosage of the medication to be injected by the hand-held medication injector, and wherein the processor determines blood characteristics from the blood sample analyzed by the hand-held blood characteristic monitor;
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• a single pen-type housing holding the medication injector, the blood characteristic monitor and the processor.

A portable medical device to maintain and monitor a condition of an individual's body, the device comprising:

• an external hand-held injector for manually injecting a dosage of an injectable substance into the individual's body, the injector only contacting the individual's body when a dosage of injectable substance is injected;
• a hand-held characteristic monitor for analyzing a characteristic of the individual's body, the characteristic monitor measuring and performing an analysis external to the individual's body, wherein the hand-held characteristic monitor is coupled to the hand-held injector;
• a processor coupled to the hand-held injector and the hand-held characteristic monitor to form a single all-in-one device, wherein the processor determines a value equal to the dosage of the injectable substance to be injected by the hand-held injector into the individual's body, and wherein the processor determines sample characteristics from the sample analyzed by the hand-held characteristic monitor;
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• a single housing shaded and sized to fit in a shirt pocket, the housing holding the injector, the characteristic monitor and the processor, wherein the characteristic monitor held by the housing is located away from the injector such that the characteristic of the individual's body is obtained at a location different from a location where the injectable substance is injected into the individual's body.