Integrally storable adaptor

• US 20050126938A1
• Filed: 02/06/2003
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Original Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Inventors: Uehata, Yoshiharu
• Granted Patent: US 7,562,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/305
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 1/52 Transportable laboratories; Field kits
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4875 Details of handling test elements, e.g. dispensing or storage, not specific to a particular test method test-elements per se B01L, automatic analysers G01N35/00, in-vivo analysis on the human body for medical diagnosis A61B

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kit holding adapter (X1) for holding an analyzer (4) for analyzing a target analyte in a sample together with a sampling tool (5) used for taking a sample. The kit holding adapter (X1) includes a first holding portion (1) for holding the analyzer (4) and a second holding portion (2) for holding the sampling tool (5), for example. At least one of the first and second holding portions (1, 2) is preferably designed to expose a part of the analyzer (4) or the sampling tool (5) for performing the analysis of the sample with the analyzer (4) or for performing the sampling with the sampling tool (5) while the analyzer (4) or the sampling tool (5) are held by the adapter. The kit holding adapter (X1) may further include an article holding portion (3) for containing articles (45) used for at least one of the analyzer (4) and the sampling tool (5), or other articles used in conjunction with the analysis of the sample or the sampling.

Claims

1. A kit holding adapter designed for holding an analyzer for analyzing a target analyte in a sample together with a sampling tool for taking a sample.

2. The kit holding adapter according to claim 1, which comprises a first holding portion for holding the analyzer and a second holding portion for holding the sampling tool.

3. The kit holding adapter according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the first and second holding portions includes an opening for partly exposing the analyzer or the sampling tool for enabling at least either the analysis of the sample by the analyzer and the sampling by the sampling tool while the analyzer or the sampling tool is held by the adapter.

4. The kit holding adapter according to claim 2, wherein the first holding portion and the second holding portion are separated by a partition wall, the partition wall being formed with a cutout which conducting an inside of the first holding portion with an inside of the second holding portion.

5. The kit holding adapter according to claim 2, wherein the first and second holding portions are integrally formed as one piece.

6. The kit holding adapter according to claim 1, which comprises:

a main body for holding the analyzer and the sampling tool; and

an article holding portion for containing articles used for at least one of the analyzer and the sampling tool, or other items used in conjunction with the sample analysis or the sampling.

7. The kit holding adapter according to claim 6, wherein the main body includes a first holding portion for holding the analyzer and a second holding portion for holding the sampling tool.

8. The kit holding adapter according to claim 6, wherein the article holding portion includes a plurality of containing rooms.

9. The kit holding adapter according to claim 6, wherein the article holding portion is removably attached to the main body.

10. The kit holding adapter according to claim 6, wherein the article holding portion is integrally formed with the body as one piece.

11. The kit holding adapter according to claim 2, further comprising a spacer for providing a spacing between an inner surface of the first holding portion and an outer surface of the analyzer, and/or between an inner surface of the second holding portion and an outer surface of the sampling tool.

12. The kit holding adapter according to claim 11, wherein the spacer comprises a plurality of protrusions projecting from at least one of the inner surfaces of the first and second holding portions.

13. The kit holding adapter according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of protrusions are bendable or removable when the analyzer or the sampling tool is inserted into the first holding portion or the second holding portion, respectively.

14. The kit holding adapter according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of protrusions include plural kinds of protrusions having different heights.

15. The kit holding adapter according to claim 11, wherein the spacer is formed of an elastic material.

16. The kit holding adapter according to claim 1, wherein the analyzer comprises a blood sugar measuring device.

17. The kit holding adapter according to claim 1, wherein the sampling tool comprises a lancing device used for piercing a lancing element into skin.