ANALYTICAL STRIP READING APPARATUS WITH A REMOVABLE FIRMWARE DEVICE
First Claim
1. An analytical strip reading apparatus, comprising a housing and a monitor provided on the housing, a delivering device for supporting an analytical strip and moving the analytical strip into or out of the housing, a barcode reader provided in the housing for reading barcode information of the analytical strip, a reaction signal reader provided in the housing for reading reaction signal emitted from the analytical strip, and a mother board provided in the housing for being electrically connected to the monitor, the delivering device, the barcode reader, and the reaction signal reader, the analytical strip reading apparatus being characterized by:
- further comprising an keyboard provided on the housing and a firmware device provided on the mother board, an identification code being inputted via the keyboard for the firmware device to perform detection, wherein the firmware device includes a database sub-module for saving optical reaction equation of a plurality of types of analytical strips, and a process sub-module, selecting one specific optical reaction equation from the database sub-module according to barcode information on the analytical strip and performing process according to the reaction signal provided by the reaction signal reader to come out a test result of the assay.
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Abstract
A detecting strip reader with a removable firmware device, comprising a detecting strip reader and a firmware device. The firmware device comprises a first electrical connecting end, a database module, and an operation module, the firmware device being removably electrically connected to a second electrical connecting end in the detecting strip reader via the first electrical connecting end, wherein the characteristic of detecting strip reader is in that: a plurality of light reaction equations of detecting strips are saved in the database module, and when the first electrical connecting end of the firmware device receives an input signal from the second connecting end, the operation module selects one specific light reaction equation from the plurality of light reaction equations saved in the database module and performs the operation of the specific light reaction equation.
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1. An analytical strip reading apparatus, comprising a housing and a monitor provided on the housing, a delivering device for supporting an analytical strip and moving the analytical strip into or out of the housing, a barcode reader provided in the housing for reading barcode information of the analytical strip, a reaction signal reader provided in the housing for reading reaction signal emitted from the analytical strip, and a mother board provided in the housing for being electrically connected to the monitor, the delivering device, the barcode reader, and the reaction signal reader, the analytical strip reading apparatus being characterized by:
further comprising an keyboard provided on the housing and a firmware device provided on the mother board, an identification code being inputted via the keyboard for the firmware device to perform detection, wherein the firmware device includes a database sub-module for saving optical reaction equation of a plurality of types of analytical strips, and a process sub-module, selecting one specific optical reaction equation from the database sub-module according to barcode information on the analytical strip and performing process according to the reaction signal provided by the reaction signal reader to come out a test result of the assay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A analytical strip reading apparatus with a removable firmware device, comprising an analytical strip reading apparatus and a firmware device, the firmware device comprising a first electrical connecting terminal, a database sub-module, and a process sub-module, said firmware device being removably electrically connected to the second electrical connecting terminal of the analytical strip reading apparatus via the first electrical connecting terminal, wherein the analytical strip reading apparatus is characterized in that:
the database sub-module saves optical reaction equations of a plurality of analytical strips, and after the first electrical connecting terminal of the firmware device acquires an input signal from the second electrical connecting terminal, the process sub-module selects one specific optical reaction equation from the plurality of optical reaction equations saved in the database sub-module and performs process of the specific optical reaction equation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An analytical strip reading apparatus with a removable firmware device, comprising a housing and a monitor provided on the housing, a delivering device for supporting a analytical strip and moving the analytical strip into or out of the housing, a barcode reader provided in the housing for reading barcode information of the analytical strip, a reaction signal reader provided in the housing for reading photoreaction signal of the analytical strip, a mother board provided in the housing for being electrically connected to the monitor, the delivering device, the barcode reader, and the reaction signal reader, one end of the mother board being provided with a first electrical connecting terminal, and a firmware device, the firmware device comprising a second electrical connecting terminal, a database sub-module, and a process sub-module, the firmware device being removably electrically connected to the first electrical connecting terminal of the mother board via the second electrical connecting terminal, wherein the analytical strip reading apparatus is characterized in that:
the database sub-module saves optical reaction equations of a plurality of analytical strips, and after the second electrical connecting terminal acquires an input signal from the first electrical connecting terminal, the process sub-module selects one specific optical reaction equation from the plurality of optical reaction equations saved in the database sub-module and performs process of the specific optical reaction equation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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