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Synchronized analyte testing system

  • US 6,106,780 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1999
  • Issued: 08/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A synchronized kit for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample based on a physically detectable reaction of the sample with a reagent, the kit comprising:

  • a set of test strips each containing the reagent disposed thereon, each set containing at least one test strip;

    a calibration means corresponding to the set of test strips and containing calibration information uniquely characteristic to the reagent in the set of test strips; and

    a detection device comprising a testing instrument having;

    a housing having a docking portion for engaging at least one of the test strips;

    a sensor disposed at least partially in the housing and adapted to generate an electrical signal responsive to the reaction of the sample with the reagent; and

    a processor disposed at least partially in the housing and adapted to operate in accordance with the calibration means to generate a detection signal representative of the presence of the analyte in the sampler;

    wherein the detection device has means for limiting its use to a predetermined number of times which does not exceed the number of test strips in a given set such that the detection device is disabled after reading the last test strip in the set.

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