ANALYTE TESTING DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for operating an analyte testing device in testing an analyte, comprising:
- advancing an analyte sensor from a first position within a sensor cartridge of an analyte testing device to a second position to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor outside of the device;
advancing a lancet projecting component of the analyte testing device from an initial position to a cocked position for a subsequent projection of a lancet, wherein the advancing the analyte sensor and the advancing the lancet projecting component are initiated by a single operation;
operating the lancet projecting component to project the lancet outside of the device;
operating the device to contact the analyte sensor with a testing sample containing the analyte at the exposed portion of the analyte sensor;
operating the device to process the testing sample to determine a parameter of the analyte; and
ejecting the analyte sensor from the device.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems, devices, techniques and methods are disclosed for implementing an actuator mechanism of an analyte testing device. In one aspect, a method to test an analyte includes advancing an analyte sensor from a first position within a sensor cartridge of an analyte testing device to a second position that exposes at least a portion of the analyte sensor outside of the device, advancing a lancet projecting component from an initial position to a cocked position for a subsequent projection of a lancet, in which the advancing the analyte sensor and the advancing the lancet projecting component are initiated by a single operation, projecting the lancet to expose at least a portion of the lancet outside of the device, receiving a testing sample including an analyte at the exposed portion of the analyte sensor, processing the testing sample to determine a parameter of the analyte, and ejecting the analyte sensor from the device.
-
Citations
48 Claims
-
1. A method for operating an analyte testing device in testing an analyte, comprising:
-
advancing an analyte sensor from a first position within a sensor cartridge of an analyte testing device to a second position to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor outside of the device; advancing a lancet projecting component of the analyte testing device from an initial position to a cocked position for a subsequent projection of a lancet, wherein the advancing the analyte sensor and the advancing the lancet projecting component are initiated by a single operation; operating the lancet projecting component to project the lancet outside of the device; operating the device to contact the analyte sensor with a testing sample containing the analyte at the exposed portion of the analyte sensor; operating the device to process the testing sample to determine a parameter of the analyte; and ejecting the analyte sensor from the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. An analyte testing device, comprising:
-
an analyte sensor module configured to hold a sensor cartridge structured to store analyte sensors, the analyte sensor module including an opening from which an analyte sensor advances to a testing position to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor to outside of the analyte testing device; a lancet module configured to hold a lancet cartridge structured to store lancets; and an actuator including; a button, a first linking component coupled to the button and the analyte sensor module, wherein the first linking component moves in response to a movement of the button including a movement between a first position and a second position or a movement between the second position and a third position, a second linking component coupled to the button and the lancet module, wherein the second linking component moves in response to a movement of the button between the first position and the second position, a third linking component coupled to the second linking component and moveable in response to a movement of the second linking component, and a lancet projecting component coupled to the third linking component, wherein a single operation of the button moves the analyte sensor to the testing position and moves the lancet projecting component from an initial position to a cocked position for projecting a lancet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
-
-
43. A method for using an analyte testing device, comprising:
-
in a first operation, operating a button located on the exterior of an analyte testing device to advance an analyte sensor within a sensor cartridge of the analyte testing device to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor outside of the analyte testing device and to advance a lancet projecting component of the analyte testing device from an initial position to a cocked position for a subsequent projection of a lancet; in a second operation, operating a firing button located on the exterior of an analyte testing device to advance the lancet projecting component to contact the lancet to project the lancet from the analyte testing device; and in a third operation, operating the button to eject the analyte sensor from the device, wherein the first operation, second operation, and third operation are implemented using a single hand holding the device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
-
Specification