System for the storage of test elements
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1. A system for the storage of a plurality of test elements within the system, the test elements being for the analysis of sample liquids, the system comprisinga holder having an opening;
- a storage container having an opening, for containing the plurality of test elements, and received at least partially within the holder;
a flap located on one end of the holder, and a reset device;
wherein the flap is pressed by the reset device onto the holder opening or the storage container opening to protect test elements inside of the system against water vapor.
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Abstract
The invention is within the field of packaging and storing of test elements that are usually sensitive towards atmospheric humidity or water vapor. The invention concerns a system for the storage of test elements for the analysis of sample liquids in which two or more test elements are present in a storage container which can be sealed water-vapor tight and contains a desiccant inside.
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1. A system for the storage of a plurality of test elements within the system, the test elements being for the analysis of sample liquids, the system comprising
a holder having an opening; -
a storage container having an opening, for containing the plurality of test elements, and received at least partially within the holder; a flap located on one end of the holder, and a reset device; wherein the flap is pressed by the reset device onto the holder opening or the storage container opening to protect test elements inside of the system against water vapor. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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2. A system for the storage of a plurality of test elements within the system, the test elements being for the analysis of sample liquids, the system comprising
a base structure having an opening, and containing the plurality of test elements therein such that the test elements can be removed from the base structure through the opening, a flap located on one end of the base structure and releasably closing the opening, and a reset device which moves the flap to open and close the opening and which presses the flap onto the opening to seal the test elements inside of the system against ambient water vapor.
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20. A system for the storage of a plurality of test elements within the system, the test elements being for the analysis of sample liquids, the system comprising
storage means having an opening said storage means for containing a plurality of test elements; -
holder means for holding the storage means, the holder means having an opening; flap means located on one end of the holder means, the flap means for sealing one of the openings against passage of water vapor; and reset means for pressing the flap onto said one of the openings to seal same. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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- 22. A method for the storage and individual removal of a plurality of test elements for the analysis of sample liquids within a system in which the system is sealed against ambient water vapor, said method comprising moving a flap sealing an opening of a base structure away from the opening, removing at least one test element from a storage compartment located within said base structure, and urging said flap against the opening of said base structure by automatically engaging a reset device which has only one point of rest in the system, that point of rest being achieved when said flap closes said opening to cause said flap to automatically return to a sealing position to seal the opening.
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