34 a disposable test strip 40 is inserted in direction i through slot 32 in end 34 strip 40 includes at least one contact pad 42 four such contact pads are shown in fig1 by way of example only near its end 44 these contact pads are connected via conductors 46 to electrodes not shown near the end of strip 40 opposite end 44 i e near the end in the direction indicated by extraction directional arrow e as a non limiting example one embodiment has four contact pads connected to four electrodes other embodiments of the invention may include more or fewer contact pads different numbers and patterns of conductor traces 46 and or different numbers of electrodes on a given test strip 40 the test strip 40 is inserted into testing device 30 in insertion direction i turning to fig2 the biological testing system 20 is shown in cross section testing meter 30 includes a connector for mating with test strip 40 the connector comprising upper connector housing portion 36 and lower connector housing portion 38 which are assembled into a substantially rigid spatial relationship at least one connector contact wire 50 is captured between upper connector housing portion 36 and lower connector housing portion 38 in a preferred embodiment upper connector housing portion 36 and lower connector housing portion 38 are formed from injection molded plastic and are snapped together in order to form an assembled housing defining a wire cavity 39 capturing contact wire 50 in various embodiments contact wire 50 can be formed by unplated or pre plated drawn round.