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Test device and method

  • US 9,482,623 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2010
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A reader comprisinga housing having a cavity, the cavity extending longitudinally from a proximal opening of the housing;

  • a carriage movably coupled to the housing;

    said carriage adapted for receiving at least a portion of a test stick;

    a reading element, located within the housing, for reading a test zone of the test stick when the reading element and the test zone are aligned; and

    first carriage magnetic means on the carriage, first housing magnetic means on the housing, which first housing magnetic means co-operate with the first carriage magnetic means on the carriage, for latching the carriage onto the housing within said cavity at a predetermined reading position andsecond housing magnetic means on the housing and longitudinally spaced from the first housing magnetic means, which second housing magnetic means co-operate with the first carriage magnetic means on the carriage, for latching the carriage onto the housing at a predetermined pre-reading and/or post-reading position,wherein the predetermined reading position is a position where the test zone is aligned with the reading element and the predetermined pre-reading and/or post-reading position is a position where the test zone is not aligned with the reading element, and wherein the predetermined pre-reading and/or post-reading position is longitudinally spaced apart from the predetermined reading position.

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