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Analyte test strip and analyte meter device

  • US 10,288,577 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2017
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set of test strips comprising a plurality of test strips, each test strip comprising:

  • (a) a top substrate;

    (b) a bottom substrate;

    (c) an electrical connector for connection to a meter disposed at a first end, wherein said electrical connector comprises a first tab formed at the first end of the top substrate, and a second tab formed at the first end of the bottom substrate, and wherein the first tab is not aligned with the second tab;

    (d) an electrochemical test cell disposed toward a second end; and

    (e) characteristic information encoded on the strip;

    wherein;

    the plurality of test strips are arranged in a plurality of subgroups comprising a first subgroup and a second subgroup; and

    a test strip arranged in the first subgroup is distinguishable from a test strip arranged in the second subgroup by a difference in dimension of the first tabs, the second tabs, or both the first tabs and the second tabs of the respective strips; and

    the characteristic information is encoded on the test strip by the dimensions of the first tab, the second tab, or both the first tab and the second tab.

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