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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Gary Otake, Union City, CA (US);
Gary Otake, Union City, CA (US);
LifeScan, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a physiological sample are provided. The subject devices are meters characterized by having an internal structure that includes a test strip selecting element having a continuously reduced cross-sectional area configured to select a single test strip at a time and means for determining the concentration of an analyte in a physiological sample applied to the selected test strip. In the subject methods for containing at least one test strip and dispensing a single test strip at a time, a meter having at least one test strip contained therein is provided. The meter is positioned with respect to the ground to cause the single test strip to move from a contained position to a dispensed position. The subject invention also includes kits for use in practicing the subject methods.