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 device for testing an amount of an analyte in a fluid sample, the device comprising:
a device housing having a front end, a rear end, and an opening positioned between the front end and the rear end; a plurality of test strip packages in a stacked arrangement within the device housing, 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; a drive mechanism configured to engage one of the plurality of test strip packages and to move the one of the plurality of test strip packages relative to other test strip packages in the stacked arrangement; a knife mechanism configured to pierce the cover of the one of the plurality of test strip packages and to urge the test sensor out of the packaging housing and into the opening.