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Body fluid testing device

  • US 8,383,041 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2011
  • Issued: 02/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A body fluid testing device for analyzing a body fluid, comprising:

  • a test media tape adapted to collect the body fluid;

    said test media tape comprising a tape and test media portions, wherein a free tape portion without test medium is located between successive test media portions;

    a supply portion comprising a housing in which uncontaminated test media tape is contained, said housing further having an opening for withdrawing test media tape from the housing;

    said supply portion further having a seal for closing said opening against the surrounding, wherein a free tape portion of said test media tape is located between a surface and the seal when said seal closes said opening;

    wherein said seal comprises a gasket having a shore hardness of less than 70, said gasket pressing onto a wall of said housing located at said opening when said seal closes said opening;

    wherein said tape in said free tape portion has a thickness of less than 100 micrometers;

    wherein said housing has an internal channel which is the sole air connection between a storage portion of said housing and the surrounding and said test media tape runs through said channel when leaving the housing via the opening of the housing; and

    wherein the length of said channel from said opening to said supply portion is equal or shorter than the length of a free tape portion between successive test media.

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