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Apparatus for diagnostic meter strip control and identification

  • US 9,588,101 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2015
  • Issued: 03/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for measuring a property of a sample in a liquid, comprising:

  • a diagnostic test strip for collecting a sample, the strip having a plurality of electrodes for measuring a property of the sample, and the strip having a control circuit at a distal region of the strip, configured to communicate with a controller of a meter, the control circuit including an embedded temperature sensor, a memory for lot coding and authentication of the test strip, and an inhibit logic for inhibiting the test strip from being used after removal of the test strip from the meter; and

    a diagnostic meter for receiving the test strip, the meter having a controller programmed to communicate with the control circuit.

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