Registration device for blood test strips
First Claim
1. A system of testing for glucose in whole blood comprising:
- a cylindrical vial for containing a plurality of inactivated test strips which are selectively removable therefrom, each test strip provided with a reagent area adapted to receive a blood sample thereon and thereby being activated to indicate a particular color consistent with the condition of the blood and the time elapsed since reception of the blood sample thereon, said vial having an outer peripheral surface;
a plurality of graduated markings on said peripheral surface providing a range of different colors which are indicative of a range of possible conditions which might be evidenced by an activated test strip;
holder means slidably mounted on said outer peripheral surface and including a support region for slidably receiving the reagent area of an activated test strip, said holder means defining a window for outlining, simultaneously, at least one of said markings on said peripheral surface and on the reagent area of the activated test strip;
thereby enabling the reagent area on the activated test strip to be matched with an appropriate one of said markings on said peripheral surface to thereby indicate the condition of the blood being sampled.
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Abstract
A ring-shaped registration device for receiving and holding an activated test strip having a reagent area adapted to receive a blood sample. The registration device is slidably received on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical vial on which markings to indicate a range of possible results which might be evidenced by a blood sample. The device includes a central member having a support region for slidably receiving the activated test strip and defining a window for outlining markings on the surface of the vial and on the reagent area of the activated test strip. The reagent area is held in substantially tangential relationship relative to the outer peripheral surface of the vial so as to be selectively positioned intermediate adjacent markings on the surface of the vial. This enables the user to compare an actual blood sample with the range of possible conditions and match the sample with the markings on the vial.
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19 Claims
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1. A system of testing for glucose in whole blood comprising:
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a cylindrical vial for containing a plurality of inactivated test strips which are selectively removable therefrom, each test strip provided with a reagent area adapted to receive a blood sample thereon and thereby being activated to indicate a particular color consistent with the condition of the blood and the time elapsed since reception of the blood sample thereon, said vial having an outer peripheral surface; a plurality of graduated markings on said peripheral surface providing a range of different colors which are indicative of a range of possible conditions which might be evidenced by an activated test strip; holder means slidably mounted on said outer peripheral surface and including a support region for slidably receiving the reagent area of an activated test strip, said holder means defining a window for outlining, simultaneously, at least one of said markings on said peripheral surface and on the reagent area of the activated test strip; thereby enabling the reagent area on the activated test strip to be matched with an appropriate one of said markings on said peripheral surface to thereby indicate the condition of the blood being sampled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus enabling the reagent area of an activated test strip to which a blood sample has been applied to be matched with graduated markings indicative of a range of possible conditions which might be evidenced by a blood sample, which markings are provided on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical vial, comprising:
holder means slidably mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the vial and including a central member having a support region for slidably receiving and holding the activated test strip substantially tangent to the outer peripheral surface of the vial, said central member defining a window for outlining, simultaneously, at least one of the markings on the peripheral surface and on the reagent area of the activated test strip. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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