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Test device for determining an analyte concentration

  • US 8,283,175 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Issued: 10/09/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A test device for determining the concentration of at least one analyte in a sample, the device comprising:

  • a housing having a closed state and an opened state;

    a storage device removably received within the housing, the storage device comprising a magazine having plurality of cavities, each cavity configured for receiving a substantially flat test strip in a storage position and in a substantially parallel orientation to test strips in a storage position in other cavities of the storage device;

    a dispensing device configured to engage a test strip received within the storage device and to convey the test strip from the storage position to a measurement position during opening of the housing, the opening being effected when the housing is moved from the closed state to the opened state; and

    a measuring device provided within the housing and configured to determine the concentration of the at least one analyte concentration in a sample when the sample is applied to a test strip which is moved to the measurement position, the measuring device operatively engaging the test strip when the test strip is conveyed to the measurement position.

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