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A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desiccant cavity and has a support wall that assist

A sensor dispensing instrument is adapted to receive a generally circular sensor pack containing a plurality of blood glucose sensors. Each of the sensors are disposed in sensor cavities, each of which is in fluid communication with a corresponding desiccant cavity and has a support wall that assists in directing the sensor as its being ejected from the cavity. The sensor pack is loaded on an indexing disk in the instrument such that when a slide actuator on the instrument is moved toward a testing position, a feed mechanism engaged by the slide actuator moves a knife blade thereon toward one of the sensor cavities. The knife blade pierces a portion of a foil covering the sensor cavity and engages the sensor disposed in the cavity to thereby eject the sensor from the sensor cavity. The continued sliding of the slide actuator toward its testing position results in the sensor being completely ejected from the sensor cavity and disposed in a testing position with a testing end of the sensor projecting from the instrument. Once the blood analyzing test is completed, the slide actuator is moved in the opposite direction towards its standby position. As the slide actuator is moved away from its testing position, the indexing disk with the sensor pack thereon is rotated so that the next one of sensor cavities is positioned so that the sensor therein can be used for the next blood glucose test that is to be performed. The instrument includes circuitry to obtain test data from the sensor pack and to display testing data.

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[ What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] A sensor dispensing instrument for handling of a plurality of fluid sensors comprising:an outer housing;a sensor pack having a plurality of sensor retaining means, each of which sensor retaining means being

[ What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] A sensor dispensing instrument for handling of a plurality of fluid sensors comprising:an outer housing;a sensor pack having a plurality of sensor retaining means, each of which sensor retaining means being adapted to accommodate one of said plurality of fluid sensors and is at least partially enclosed by enclosure means, said sensor pack being disposed in said housing such that one of said sensor retaining means is disposed in a feed position;a feed means disposed in said housing and movable between a first position and a second position, said feed means piercing said enclosure means to enter one of said plurality of sensor retaining means that is in said feed position and advancing said sensor from said sensor retaining means into a testing position as said feed means is moved from said first position toward said second position; andholding means to maintain said sensor in said testing position.