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Vial for test strips

  • US 7,501,093 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2005
  • Issued: 03/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A diagnostic test strip vial comprising a container, a lid, and a plurality of diagnostic test strips, wherein:

  • the container comprises a generally annular wall terminating at a base and at an open mouth at an end opposite the base,the lid comprises a top and a lifting tray connected to the top by a connector, wherein;

    the lifting tray is sized to slidably engage the inner side of the annular wall of the container,the connector is sufficiently long that the distance between the top and the lifting tray is at least as long as the length of a diagnostic test strip and sufficiently short that the top may engage the annular wall of the container to close the vial when the lifting tray is engaged with the inner side of the annular wall, andthe test strips are disposed inside the container on the lifting tray,the test strips are medical diagnostic test strips used in combination with an analyte diagnostic meter for measuring the concentration of glucose in blood.

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