Integrated blood glucose measuring device with a test strip packaging system

• US 20120305419A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Original Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Inventors: Singhal, Tara Chand
• Granted Patent: US 10,352,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/305
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48757 Test elements dispensed from a stack
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48778 Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage

Abstract

An integrated blood glucose measuring device is described that has blood glucose metering device, a glucose metering test strip storage mechanism attachable to the metering device, a test strip feeding mechanism for feeding a single test strip from the storage mechanism for blood intake. The metering device, the test strip storage mechanism and the test strip feeding mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement. In another embodiment, a lancet mechanism is attachable to a side of the metering device and thus the metering device, the storage mechanism, the test strip feeding mechanism, and the lancet mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

Claims

1. A pack of test strips, for test strips that are substantially rectangular in shape with an interface-end and a sample intake-end, comprising:

the test strips are stacked on top of each other in a stack with each test strip aligned in the same orientation of the ends within the stack.

2. The pack of test strips as in claim 1, comprising:

the stack is held together by a removable test strip wrapper.

3. The pack of test strips as in claim 1, comprising:

the stack has quantity of one of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 50 test strips in one stack.

4. The pack of test strips as in claim 1, comprising:

the stack stored in an air tight container for removal there from for insertion of the stack in a test strip magazine for use with a blood glucose meter.

5. The pack of test strips as in claim 4, comprising:

after insertion of the stack in the magazine, the test strip wrapper is removed from the container.

6. The pack of test strips as in claim 4, comprising:

the container is sized to store a plurality of stacks.

7. A method for packing test strips, where the test strips are rectangular shape with an electrical interface-end and a sample intake-end, comprising the steps of:

stacking the test strips on top of each other in a stack with each test strip aligned in the same orientation of the ends within the stack.

8. The method as in claim 7, comprising the steps of:

holding the stack held together by a removable test strip wrapper.

9. The method as in claim 8, comprising the steps of:

packing the test strips in the stack with one of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, or 50 test strips in one stack.

10. The method as in claim 8, comprising the steps of:

storing the stack in an air tight container for removal there from for inserting the stack in a test strip magazine for use with a blood glucose meter.

11. The method as in claim 10, comprising the steps of:

enabling removal of the stack from the air tight container, enabling insertion of the stack in a test strip magazine and enabling removal of the test strip wrapper, enabling use of the stack of test strips with a blood glucose meter.

12. The method as in claim 10, comprising the steps of:

sizing the container to hold multiple stacks.

13. A device for storing test strips, where the test strips are rectangular shape with an interface-end and a sample intake-end, comprising:

a test strip storage magazine with a plurality of chambers that store a plurality of stacks of test strips aligned with the orientation of the ends in the same direction.

14. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

the magazine has an air tight removable cover, enabling the cover to be removed and the magazine to be attached to a test strip dispensing device for use with a blood glucose metering device.

15. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

the magazine has a top end and a bottom end;

a mechanism at the bottom end to push the stack of test strips up in the magazine;

lips at the top end which is open, to hold the top test strip in the stack in place, enabling the top test strip in the stack to be removed by sliding the test strip out and the next test strip in the stack to automatically position itself as the top test strip in the magazine for removal.

16. The device as in claim 15, comprising:

the bottom end of the magazine has a removable lid to insert a stack of test strips in the magazine.

17. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

the magazine has a lever to push a top test strip out of a chamber for use with a metering device.

18. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

the magazine has two separate chambers with two separate stacks of test strips.

19. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

each chamber is sized to stack quantity of test strips from 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50.

20. The device as in claim 13, comprising:

the magazine is made of clear plastic material for the loading of the magazine and remainder of the test strips, as the test strips are used in the magazine, to be visually ascertained.