CARTRIDGE AND METER FOR RECEIVING THE CARTRIDGE

• US 20140371561A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Richter, Frank, MacArthur, Ross, Wolseley-Hext, Elizabeth Verity, Cowan, Joseph David, Smith, Lee Thomas, Mills, David John
• Granted Patent: US 9,351,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1411 by percutaneous method, e.g. by lancet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150068 by tissue compression, e.g. with specially designed surface of device contacting the skin area to be pierced
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150435 Specific design of proximal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150778 having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15105 Purely manual piercing, i.e. the user pierces the skin without the assistance of any driving means or driving devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15113 Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15148 Constructional features of stocking means, e.g. strip, roll, disc, cartridge, belt or tube
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15153 Multiple piercing elements stocked in a single compartment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15174 Piercing elements stocked in the form of a stack or pile
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48757 Test elements dispensed from a stack

Abstract

The specification describes a cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body. The cartridge comprises an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body, the cartridge comprising:

an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step.

17. The cartridge of claim 16, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the higher end of the ramp via a second step.

18. The cartridge of claim 16, the orientation member further comprising a second ramp surrounding part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the higher end of the ramp adjoining the higher end of the second ramp and the recess adjoining the lower end of the second ramp via a second step.

19. The cartridge of claim 16, further comprising a shaft, the orientation member being provided at one end of the shaft.

20. The cartridge of claim 19, further comprising a housing, the shaft being provided within the housing and being rotatable relative to the housing.

21. The cartridge of claim 20, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the exterior of the housing is non-circular such that the cartridge is non-rotatable within the meter.

22. A system comprising:

the cartridge comprising claim 16; and

a meter for receiving the cartridge therein.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the meter comprises a drive shaft, the boss being provided at an end of the drive shaft.

24. A system comprising:

a cartridge; and

a meter for receiving the cartridge therein, wherein one of the meter and the cartridge comprises a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body, and the other one of the meter and the cartridge comprises an orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding at least part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step, wherein one of the boss and the orientation member is provided at one end of the cartridge and the other one of the boss and the orientation member is provided in the interior of the meter.

25. The system of claim 24, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the higher end of the ramp via a second step.

26. The system of claim 24, the orientation member further comprising a second ramp surrounding part of the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the higher end of the ramp adjoining the higher end of the second ramp and the recess adjoining the lower end of the second ramp via a second step.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the cartridge further comprises a shaft, the orientation member or the boss being provided at one end of the shaft.

28. The system of claim 27, the cartridge further comprises a housing, the shaft being provided within the housing and being rotatable relative to the housing.

29. The system claim 28, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the exterior of the housing is non-circular, such that the cartridge is non-rotatable within the meter.

30. A meter for receiving a cartridge therein, the cartridge including a boss provided at one end, the boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body, the meter comprising:

an orientation member provided in the interior of the meter, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding the portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, the portion of the recess which corresponds to the protrusion adjoining the lower end of the ramp via a step.