System for determining a number of unused consumable elements for testing a bodily fluid sample
First Claim
1. A system for determining a number of unused consumable elements for testing a sample of bodily fluid, the system comprising:
- a carrier band carrying a plurality of consumable elements, wherein one end of the carrier band is attached to a wind-up device for winding the carrier band with used consumable elements onto a reel for band transport;
an analysis unit programmed to determine the number of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band from an angle of rotation of the reel and band transport length by which the carrier band is moved with a rotation of the reel about the angle of rotation; and
a display for displaying the number of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for testing a sample of bodily fluid, comprising a carrier band, which carries a plurality of consumable elements, wherein one end of the carrier band is attached to a wind-up device for winding the carrier band, together with used consumable elements, onto a reel for the band transport, and comprising a display for displaying information regarding the supply of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band. According to the invention, it is provided that information regarding the supply of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band is obtained from an angle of rotation and from a band transport length by which the carrier band is moved with a rotation of the reel about said angle of rotation.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for determining a number of unused consumable elements for testing a sample of bodily fluid, the system comprising:
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a carrier band carrying a plurality of consumable elements, wherein one end of the carrier band is attached to a wind-up device for winding the carrier band with used consumable elements onto a reel for band transport; an analysis unit programmed to determine the number of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band from an angle of rotation of the reel and band transport length by which the carrier band is moved with a rotation of the reel about the angle of rotation; and a display for displaying the number of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for determining a number of unused consumable elements for testing a sample of bodily fluid, the system comprising:
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a carrier band carrying a plurality of consumable elements, one end of the carrier band being attached to a wind-up device for winding the carrier band with used consumable elements onto a reel for band transport; an analysis unit programmed to determine the number of yet unused consumable elements of the carrier band from a rotational angle position of the reel from which a value for an imbalance of the reel is determined, wherein a fresh carrier band carrying only unused consumable elements is distinguishable on the basis of the value for the imbalance of the reel from a carrier band which has already been partially wound up and which carries at least one used consumable element; and a display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for monitoring a number of unused consumable elements carried by a carrier band, comprising:
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using at least one consumable element; winding the carrier band having used consumable elements onto a reel; determining an angle of rotation of the reel and a band transport length by which the carrier band is moved during the winding step; obtaining the number of unused consumable elements of the carrier band from the angle of rotation and the band transport length; and providing the number of unused consumable elements remaining on the carrier band.
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