Blood glucose test strip illumination device and method

A handheld test strip illumination device, comprising:

• a housing;
• a strip connector positioned within the housing receiving a first portion of a test strip in a test strip test position;
• a printed circuit board positioned proximate to the strip connector within the housing, the printed circuit board having an aperture;
• a light source positioned within the housing;
• and
• a light reflecting device extending through the aperture in the printed circuit board, the light reflecting device aligned to receive photons emitted from the light source and direct the photons onto the first portion of the test strip within the strip connector.

A handheld test strip illumination device, comprising:

• a housing;
• a strip connector positioned within the housing receiving a first portion of a test strip in a test strip test position;
• a light source positioned within the housing;
• a lens/light reflecting device aligned to receive photons emitted from the light source and direct the photons onto the first portion of the test strip within the strip connector;
• and
• the first portion of the test strip within the strip connector including a longitudinal transparent layer receiving the photons emitted from the lens/light reflecting device within the housing, the photons passing through the longitudinal transparent layer to be emitted from the longitudinal transparent layer in a second portion of the test strip positioned outside of the housing.