Test strip container with integrated meter having strip coding capability
First Claim
1. A system for diagnostic testing, the system comprising:
- a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to test media, the meter comprising;
a housing;
an interface for accepting test media in order to perform the diagnostic test; and
a controller configured to perform the diagnostic test; and
a container operatively associated with the meter, the container having an opening to a continuously connected interior volume permitting contact between a plurality of loose, singulated test media compatible with the meter,wherein the test media include at least one test strip embedded with a code readable by the controller to identify data particular to the test strip, andwherein the meter housing is positioned atop the container and a bottom surface of the housing is configured to engage the container and selectively unseal and reseal the opening to the interior volume of the container.
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Abstract
A system for diagnostic testing may include a meter for performing a test on a sample applied to a test media and a selectively closable container configured to house test media compatible with the meter. The system may also provide mechanisms for removing a meter from a test container and reattaching it to a new one using one of several coding methods that recalibrate the meter for the new container of test strips. Alternatively, the system may include an auto-calibration system where data is provided individually on each individual test medium in a form readable by the test meter. The carried data may include an embedded code relating to data particular to that individual strip. The data is presented so as to be read by a meter associated with the diagnostic test strip in order to avoid manually inputting the information. In addition, the system may further provide mechanisms to reconfigure the meter to perform a new function when it has been determined that a triggering event has occurred.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for diagnostic testing, the system comprising:
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a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to test media, the meter comprising; a housing; an interface for accepting test media in order to perform the diagnostic test; and a controller configured to perform the diagnostic test; and a container operatively associated with the meter, the container having an opening to a continuously connected interior volume permitting contact between a plurality of loose, singulated test media compatible with the meter, wherein the test media include at least one test strip embedded with a code readable by the controller to identify data particular to the test strip, and wherein the meter housing is positioned atop the container and a bottom surface of the housing is configured to engage the container and selectively unseal and reseal the opening to the interior volume of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for diagnostic testing, the system comprising:
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a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to test media, the meter comprising; a housing; an interface for accepting test media in order to perform the diagnostic test; and a controller configured to perform the diagnostic test; and a container operatively associated with the meter, the container having an opening to a continuously connected interior volume permitting contact between a plurality of loose, singulated test media compatible with the meter housed therein, wherein the meter housing is positioned atop the container and a bottom surface of the housing is configured to engage the container and selectively unseal and reseal the opening to the interior volume of the container, and wherein the test media include at least one diagnostic test strip comprising; at least one electrically insulating layer; a conductive pattern formed on the at least one insulating layer including at least one electrode disposed on the at least one insulating layer at a proximal region of the strip, electrical strip contacts disposed on at least one insulating layer at a distal region of the strip, and conductive traces electrically connecting the at least one electrode to at least some of the electrical strip contacts; and a reagent layer contacting at least a portion of the at least one electrode, wherein each of the electrical strip contacts is selectively coverable with a discrete portion of electrical insulating material to at least partially form a distinct pattern readable by the controller to identify data particular to the test strip. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for diagnostic testing, the system comprising:
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a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to test media, the meter comprising; a housing; an interface for accepting test media in order to perform the diagnostic test; and a controller configured to perform the diagnostic test; and a container operatively associated with the meter, the container having an opening to a continuously connected interior volume permitting contact between a plurality of loose, singulated test media compatible with the meter housed therein, wherein the meter housing is positioned atop the container and a bottom surface of the housing is configured to engage the container and selectively unseal and reseal the opening to the interior volume of the container, and wherein the test media include at least one diagnostic test strip comprising; at least one electrically insulating layer; a conductive pattern formed on the at least one insulating layer including at least one electrode disposed on the at least one insulating layer at a proximal region of the strip, electrical strip contacts disposed on at least one insulating layer at a distal region of the strip, and conductive traces electrically connecting the electrodes to at least some of the electrical strip contacts; a reagent layer contacting at least a portion of at least one electrode; a first plurality of electrical strip contacts comprised of contacts individually connected to an electrode; and a second plurality of electrical strip contacts comprised of the conductive pattern at the distal region of the strip, wherein an electrically insulating material separates the first and second plurality of electrical strip contacts. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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