Consumable element magazine for a measuring system for determining an analyte concentration
First Claim
1. A magazine for a device of a measuring system for determining an analyte concentration in a body fluid sample, the magazine containing consumable analytical elements in a plurality of chambers, wherein the consumable analytical elements are lancets and/or test elements and wherein one or more of the plurality of chambers has a manufacturing defect, wherein a data carrier is fastened to the magazine, the data carrier storing manufacturing defect information therein and providing the stored manufacturing defect information to a control unit indicating which magazine chambers are not intended for removal of one of the consumable analytical elements due to the manufacturing defect of the chamber.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a magazine for a device of a measuring system for determining an analyte concentration in a body fluid sample, wherein the magazine contains consumable analytical elements in a plurality of chambers. According to the invention, a data carrier, on which information is stored, is fastened to the magazine, the information indicating which magazine chambers are not intended for removal of a consumable element due to manufacturing defects. The invention further relates to a device, the control unit of which suppresses access by the removal unit to predefined magazine chambers, to a measuring system comprising such a device and a magazine, and to a method for controlling the removal unit of the device.
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- 1. A magazine for a device of a measuring system for determining an analyte concentration in a body fluid sample, the magazine containing consumable analytical elements in a plurality of chambers, wherein the consumable analytical elements are lancets and/or test elements and wherein one or more of the plurality of chambers has a manufacturing defect, wherein a data carrier is fastened to the magazine, the data carrier storing manufacturing defect information therein and providing the stored manufacturing defect information to a control unit indicating which magazine chambers are not intended for removal of one of the consumable analytical elements due to the manufacturing defect of the chamber.
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6. A measuring system for determining an analyte concentration of a body fluid sample, comprising a magazine and a device in which the magazine can be inserted and which comprises a removal unit for removing consumable analytical elements from magazine chambers, wherein (1) the magazine contains consumable analytical elements in a plurality of chambers, wherein the consumable analytical elements are lancets and/or test elements wherein a data carrier is fastened to the magazine, the data carrier stores and provides information indicating which magazine chambers are not intended for removal of one of the consumable analytical elements due to manufacturing defects of the chambers;
- and (2) the device comprises a reader for reading the data carrier fastened to the magazine and the device further comprises a control unit connected to the reader, the control unit configured to suppress access by the removal unit to chambers that, according to the information stored on the data carrier, are not intended for removal of one of the consumable analytical elements due to manufacturing defects of the chambers.
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15. A measuring system for determining an analyte concentration of a body fluid sample, the measuring system comprising:
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a magazine defining a plurality of chambers containing consumable analytical elements including lancets and/or test elements, wherein one or more of the plurality of chambers comprises a manufacturing defect; a data carrier fastened to the magazine, the data carrier including electronic memory configured to store and provide information indicating the one or more chambers having the manufacturing defect; a device for receiving insertion of the magazine, the device comprising; a removal unit for removing the consumable analytical elements from the plurality of chambers; a reader for reading the data carrier; and a control unit connected to the reader, the control unit configured to suppress access by the removal unit to chambers that, according to the information stored on the data carrier, have a manufacturing defect and are not intended for removal of one of the consumable analytical elements.
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