Apparatus for taking samples
First Claim
1. A portable apparatus for handling measurement strips needed for taking liquid samples, the measurement strips having liquid absorbing material for absorbing a liquid sample, the apparatus comprising first and second elongate storage boxes having first and second ends, respectively, in side by side immediately adjoining relationship, the first storage box adapted to store unused measurement strips in a first upright stack, the second storage box adapted to store used measurement strips in a second upright stack to temporarily retain them for subsequent sanitary disposal and a measurement strip feeding mechanism for transporting measurement strips from the second end of the first storage box to the second end of the second storage box, one by one, via a position at which the measurement strips receive the liquid samples, the second ends, respectively, of the first and second storage boxes being in immediately adjoining relationship.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus (5) for handling measurement strips (1) needed for taking liquid samples, such as blood samples, the measurement strips having porous material for absorbing and analyzing a liquid sample. The apparatus (5), according to the invention, is formed of a store (6) of measurement strips that receive samples, the store having a compound construction, a store (7) of used measurement strips and a measurement strip feeding mechanism (8,9). The apparatus has preferably been integrated into a casing, which can be connected as part of a mobile phone or a corresponding device.
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11 Claims
- 1. A portable apparatus for handling measurement strips needed for taking liquid samples, the measurement strips having liquid absorbing material for absorbing a liquid sample, the apparatus comprising first and second elongate storage boxes having first and second ends, respectively, in side by side immediately adjoining relationship, the first storage box adapted to store unused measurement strips in a first upright stack, the second storage box adapted to store used measurement strips in a second upright stack to temporarily retain them for subsequent sanitary disposal and a measurement strip feeding mechanism for transporting measurement strips from the second end of the first storage box to the second end of the second storage box, one by one, via a position at which the measurement strips receive the liquid samples, the second ends, respectively, of the first and second storage boxes being in immediately adjoining relationship.
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10. A portable storage device for storing measurement strips needed for taking liquid samples, the measurement strips having liquid absorbing material for absorbing a liquid sample, the device comprising a first store for storing unused measurement strips in a first pile, a second store for storing used measurement strips in a second pile the first and second stores being in immediate adjacent relationship and a measurement strip feeding mechanism for transporting the measurements strips, the measurement strips being transportable from the first store to the second store via a position at which the measurement strips receive the liquid sample.
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11. A portable apparatus for handling measurement strips needed for taking liquid samples, the measurement strips having liquid absorbing material for absorbing a liquid sample, the apparatus comprising a first storage box for storing unused measurement strips in a first upright stack, a second storage box for storing used measurement strips to a second upright stack, the first and second storage boxes being in side by side immediately adjoining relationship, the storage boxes having first and second ends, respectively, the second ends being in immediately adjoining relationship, a measurement strip feeding mechanism for transporting measurement strips from the second end of the first storage box to the second end of the second storage box via a position at which the measurement strips receive the liquid samples and an analyzing unit for analyzing the liquid samples to produce analysis results, the portable apparatus being used in combination with a mobile phone, the mobile phone being used to transmit the analysis results through a mobile telephone network.
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