A system and method for measuring substance concentrations is provided. The system has a test strip container for receiving a test strip(s). The container has a sealing device, a counter device that counts a number of opening processes of the sealing device, a data carrier that stores batch-specific data of the test strip(s), a data transmission device for wireless transmission of the data and of the number. An analysis module has a device for measuring substance concentrations by the test strip(s), and a data-receiving device for wireless reception of the data from the data transmission device and of the number. The method records the number and stores the number on the data carrier; sends data and the number by wireless transmission to the analysis module, and determines a substance concentration by the test strip(s). Also or instead, the counter device counts a time duration of the opening processes.

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›1.independentA portable analytical measurement system for measuring substance concentrations in a liquid media, the system comprising:na) a test strip container fo…+14

›2.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the data transmission device has at least one transponder.d2

›3.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the analysis module has a warning device formed to warn a user when a maximum number of opening processes ha…d2

›4.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the substance measurement device has an evaluation device for calculating the substance concentration as a f…d2

›5.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the test strip container in a closed state, is sealed off hermetically by the sealing device.d2

›6.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the substance measurement device has a device for measuring blood glucose concentrations.d2+1

›8.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the substance measurement device has a device for measuring blood fat concentrations.d2

›9.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the counter device is formed for counting a time duration of opening processes of the sealing device.d2

›10.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the data carrier is formed for storage of a number of opening processes of the sealing device.d2

›11.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the data carrier is formed for storage of a time duration of opening processes of the sealing device.d2

›12.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the data transmission device is formed for wireless transmission of the time duration of opening processes t…d2

›13.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the data-receiving device is formed for the wireless reception of a time duration of opening processes.d2

›14.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the device for measuring blood glucose concentrations is an electrochemical measurement device.d2

›15.↳ 1The measurement system of claim 1 wherein the device for measuring blood glucose concentrations is an optical measurement device.d2

›16.independentA portable analytical measurement system for measuring substance concentrations in liquid media, the system comprising:na) a test strip container for …+1

›18.independentA method for measuring substance concentrations in liquid media, the method comprising the steps of:nproviding a measurement system having a test stri…+3

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A61B5/05

Section G — Physics

G01N21/00
G01N33/48
G01N27/00
G01N33/00
G06F13/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

422/58710/33422/55422/68.1436/46422/82.1422/82.5436/95600/347422/61600/365

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