Method for manufacturing a sterilized lancet integrated biosensor
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a tape of integrated disposables, comprising:
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
attaching a sterility sheet to the web to cover one side of the guide slots;
depositing the lancets in the guide slots;
enclosing the guide slots with the lancets therein by folding the sterility sheet around the edge of the web;
sealing the web of lancets within a sterility sheet;
sterilizing the lancets;
wherein said sterilizing includes exposing the lancets to one or more electron beams directed through the sterility sheet andjoining the web of the lancets with a belt that has a plurality of biosensors after said sterilizing to create the tape of integrated disposables.
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Abstract
An integrated disposable includes a test strip and a lancet packet coupled to the test strip. The lancet packet includes a sterility sheet enclosing at least a portion of a lancet to maintain the sterility of the lancet. The lancet packet and the sterility sheet, in particular, allow the lancet to be sterilized separately from the test strip. The lancet in one form is incorporated into a lancet tape that is sterilized in a continuous, reel-to-reel sterilization process. The lancet tape in one form is sterilized using an electron beam sterilization process. With electron beam sterilization, sterilization is enhanced by irradiating both sides of the tape with electron beams. Sterilization can adversely affect chemical reagents in the test strip. To alleviate this chemistry degradation issue, the lancet packet is attached to the test strip after the lancet is sterilized.
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1. A method of manufacturing a tape of integrated disposables, comprising:
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
attaching a sterility sheet to the web to cover one side of the guide slots;
depositing the lancets in the guide slots;
enclosing the guide slots with the lancets therein by folding the sterility sheet around the edge of the web;sealing the web of lancets within a sterility sheet; sterilizing the lancets;
wherein said sterilizing includes exposing the lancets to one or more electron beams directed through the sterility sheet andjoining the web of the lancets with a belt that has a plurality of biosensors after said sterilizing to create the tape of integrated disposables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
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20. A method of manufacturing a tape of integrated disposables, comprising:
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
attaching a sterility sheet to the web to cover one side of the guide slots;
depositing the lancets in the guide slots;
enclosing the guide slots with the lancet therein by folding the sterility sheet around the edge of the web;creating the lancet packet tape by sealing a plurality of lancets within the sterility sheet;
wherein said creating the lancet packet tape includes sealing the lancets within the sterility sheet at a pressure higher than typical atmospheric pressurewherein said creating the lancet packet tape includes forming a seal between each of the lancets to form distinguishable lancet packets; attaching the lancet packet tape to a biosensor tape that includes a plurality of biosensors; and sterilizing the lancet packet tape before said attaching the lancet packet tape to the biosensor tape. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
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31. A method of manufacturing a tape of integrated disposables, comprising:
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
attaching a sterility sheet to the web to cover one side of the guide slots;
depositing the lancets in the guide slots;
enclosing the guide slots with the lancet therein by folding the sterility sheet around the edge of the web to form;a lancet tape, wherein the lancet tape has opposing first and second sides; sterilizing the lancet tape with an electron beam sterilization system, wherein said sterilizing includes exposing the lancets to one or more electron beams directed through the sterility sheet wherein said sterilizing the lancet tape includes irradiating the first side of the lancet tape with one or more first electron beams, and irradiating the second side of the lancet tape with one or more second electron beams; sealing the lancet tape within the sterility sheet before said sterilizing; and attaching a biosensor tape to the lancet tape after said sterilizing to create an integrated disposable tape. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
- forming guide slots in a web of lancets, wherein the guide slots provide a slot opening at one edge of the web;
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