Analyte testing devices
First Claim
1. An analyte testing device, comprising:
- an analyte sensor module to advance an analyte sensor upon actuation for an analyte test-and structured to include a sensor cartridge and analyte sensors stored in the sensor cartridge, the analyte sensor module including an opening from which the analyte sensor is capable to advance to a testing position to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor to outside of the analyte testing device;
a lancet module to project a lancet upon actuation and structured to include a lancet cartridge and a plurality of lancets stored in the lancet cartridge; and
an actuator to actuate the analyte sensor module and the lancet module, the actuator including;
a button,a first link coupled to the button and the analyte sensor module, wherein the first link is moveable in response to a movement of the button including a movement between a first position and a second position or a movement between the second position and a third position,a second link coupled to the button and the lancet module, wherein the second link is moveable in response to a movement of the button between the first position and the second position,a third link coupled to the second link and is moveable in response to a movement of the second link, anda lancet projecting link coupled to the third link,wherein the device is operable to perform a single operation of the buttons to move the analyte sensor to the testing position and to move the lancet projecting link from an initial position to a cocked position for projecting the lancet, and the device is operable to eject the analyte sensor from the device by an eject operation that includes the movement of the button from the second position to the third position,wherein the button is a sliding button that includes two separable buttons including a first button and a second button, wherein the first button is operable to return back to the first position after the movement of the button between the first position and the second position, and the second button is operable to move from the second position to the third position in the third operation, andwherein the actuator further includes a button stop mechanism structured to include a in coupled to the button that prevents the button from returning to the first position when the single operation is initiated and not completed.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, techniques and methods are disclosed for implementing an actuator mechanism of an analyte testing device. In one aspect, a method to test an analyte includes advancing an analyte sensor from a first position within a sensor cartridge of an analyte testing device to a second position that exposes at least a portion of the analyte sensor outside of the device, advancing a lancet projecting component from an initial position to a cocked position for a subsequent projection of a lancet, in which the advancing the analyte sensor and the advancing the lancet projecting component are initiated by a single operation, projecting the lancet to expose at least a portion of the lancet outside of the device, receiving a testing sample including an analyte at the exposed portion of the analyte sensor, processing the testing sample to determine a parameter of the analyte, and ejecting the analyte sensor from the device.
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16 Claims
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1. An analyte testing device, comprising:
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an analyte sensor module to advance an analyte sensor upon actuation for an analyte test-and structured to include a sensor cartridge and analyte sensors stored in the sensor cartridge, the analyte sensor module including an opening from which the analyte sensor is capable to advance to a testing position to expose at least a portion of the analyte sensor to outside of the analyte testing device; a lancet module to project a lancet upon actuation and structured to include a lancet cartridge and a plurality of lancets stored in the lancet cartridge; and an actuator to actuate the analyte sensor module and the lancet module, the actuator including; a button, a first link coupled to the button and the analyte sensor module, wherein the first link is moveable in response to a movement of the button including a movement between a first position and a second position or a movement between the second position and a third position, a second link coupled to the button and the lancet module, wherein the second link is moveable in response to a movement of the button between the first position and the second position, a third link coupled to the second link and is moveable in response to a movement of the second link, and a lancet projecting link coupled to the third link, wherein the device is operable to perform a single operation of the buttons to move the analyte sensor to the testing position and to move the lancet projecting link from an initial position to a cocked position for projecting the lancet, and the device is operable to eject the analyte sensor from the device by an eject operation that includes the movement of the button from the second position to the third position, wherein the button is a sliding button that includes two separable buttons including a first button and a second button, wherein the first button is operable to return back to the first position after the movement of the button between the first position and the second position, and the second button is operable to move from the second position to the third position in the third operation, and wherein the actuator further includes a button stop mechanism structured to include a in coupled to the button that prevents the button from returning to the first position when the single operation is initiated and not completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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