Sensor storage and delivery system where the test sensors are individually foiled and arranged in a stack

摘要

A portable, hand-held glucose testing device includes a housing configured to accommodate a plurality of test sensors in a stacked arrangement and having a wall with an opening defined therein. A plurality of packaged test sensors is stacked in alignment with one another within the housing. Each of the test sensors is packaged within a blister package. The blister package includes a blister package housing and a cover foil overlying a surface of the blister package housing and the test sensor. A drive slide is configured to displace one of the plurality of packaged test sensors out of alignment with other packaged test sensors. A knife mechanism is configured to pierce through the cover foil, and to engage and urge the test sensor to extend through the opening for receiving a sample. A meter contact is configured to engage the test sensor when the test sensor extends through the opening.

主权项

1. A cartridge comprising:
a plurality of test strip packages in a stacked arrangement within the cartridge, each of the test strip packages comprising a packaging housing, a test sensor positioned within the packaging housing, and a cover sealing the test sensor within the packaging housing; wherein the plurality of test strip packages is stacked at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a vertical wall of the cartridge.