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A method of configuring a hand-held instrument (10) for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control comprises providing a configuring computer (14) having a first port (18) for transmitting instructions and data for configuring the instrument (10),

A method of configuring a hand-held instrument (10) for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control comprises providing a configuring computer (14) having a first port (18) for transmitting instructions and data for configuring the instrument (10), providing on the instrument (10) a second port (17) for receiving the instructions and data from the configuring computer (14), coupling the first port (18) to the second port (17), transmitting instructions and data to configure the instrument (10) from the first port (18), receiving the instructions and data at the second port (17), and configuring the instrument (10) according to the instructions and data transmitted from the first port (10) and received at the second port (17).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of configuring a hand-held instrument having on-board circuitry for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control and producing an electrical signal representative thereof, the method comprising providing a conf

The invention claimed is: 1. A method of configuring a hand-held instrument having on-board circuitry for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control and producing an electrical signal representative thereof, the method comprising providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting to the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control at least one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control, providing on the instrument a second port for receiving from the configuring computer said at least one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control, connecting said first port directly to said second port, transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port directly to said second port, receiving said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control directly from said first port at said second port, and configuring said instrument according to said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control transmitted from said first port and received at said second port. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting at least one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control comprises providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control, and configuring the instrument in accordance with said instructions. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting at least one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control comprises providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting data for configuring the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control, and configuring the instrument in accordance with said data. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the hand-held instrument further comprises a display for displaying information related to the determined concentration, transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port comprising transmitting data for configuring said instrument display. 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 7. The method of claim 6 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 8. The method of claim 2 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 10. The method of claim 9 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 11. The method of claim 3 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 12. The method of claim 11 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 13. The method of claim 12 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 14. The method of claim 2 wherein the hand-held instrument further comprises a display for displaying information related to the determined concentration, transmitting instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port to configure said instrument comprising transmitting instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control for configuring said display. 15. The method of claim 14 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 16. The method of claim 15 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 17. The method of claim 16 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 18. The method of claim 1 wherein providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting at least one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control comprises providing a configuring computer having a first port for transmitting data for configuring the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control, and configuring the instrument in accordance with said data. 19. The method of claim 18 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 20. The method of claim 19 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 21. The method of claim 20 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 22. The method of claim 1 wherein the hand-held instrument farther comprises a display for displaying information related to the determined concentration, transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port comprising transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port to configure said display. 23. The method of claim 22 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 24. The method of claim 23 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 25. The method of claim 24 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 26. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port. 27. The method of claim 26 wherein transmitting one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the instrument to the computer. 28. The method of claim 27 and further comprising updating a file in the computer with the transmitted data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. 29. The method of claims 1, 2, 3, 18, 22, 14 or 4 wherein transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control from said first port and receiving said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control at said second port comprise transmitting said one of instructions for configuring the hand-held instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control and data for configuring said instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control through a fiber optic coupler from said first port to said second port. 30. The method of claim 29 wherein the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control comprises an instrument for determining the glucose concentration of blood, a blood fraction or a control. 31. The method of claims 26, 27, 28, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 15, 16, 17, 5, 6 or 7 wherein transmitting said one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid from the second port to the first port comprises transmitting said one of instructions concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid and data concerning determined concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid via a modem from the second port to the first port. 32. The method of claim 31 wherein the instrument for determining the concentration of the medically significant component of the body fluid or control comprises an instrument for determining the glucose concentration of blood, a blood fraction or a control.