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TAPE CASSETTE FOR A MEDICAL HANDHELD DEVICE

  • US 20110166431A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2010
  • Published: 07/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tape cassette for a medical handheld device, comprising:

  • a carrier tape, which carries functional elements including at least one of test fields for assaying a sample of a human and/or animal bodily fluid and lancets;

    a supply chamber, in which a supply section of the carrier tape comprising unused functional elements is positioned; and

    a winding unit configured to wind up the carrier tape and draw it through a tape exit opening of the supply chamber, thereby sequentially bringing the functional elements into a usage position;

    wherein the carrier tape in the tape exit opening is oriented transversely to the supply section positioned in the supply chamber.

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