Medical test strip holding device
First Claim
1. A device for positioning and firmly holding a medical test strip, said device comprising:
- a housing having a strip reception opening, means forming a stop at the inner end of the opening for the inserted end of the test strip and a window positioned to be opposite a predetermined test zone of the test strip when inserted into the reception opening and abutting against the stop;
means for pressing substantially at right-angles on the rear side of the test-strip strip towards said window, the pressing means being movable between a rest position wherein it is spaced from the rear side of the inserted test strip and a pressing position in which it presses the test strip against the window; and
means responsive to the insertion of a test strip for moving the pressing means from the rest to the pressing position and for applying a pressing force which is substantially uniform in the positions corresponding to various thicknesses of insertable test strips.
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Abstract
A device for positioning and firmly holding a test strip for optical-medical measurements, comprising a housing with a reception opening having a stop at the inner end for the test strip and a window which is positioned opposite the test zone of the test strip when it is inserted into the reception opening and it lies against the stop. The device also comprises a pressing mechanism acting substantially at right-angles on the rear side of the test strip, which pressing mechanism, when inserting a test strip, is in a rest position remote from the test strip and, when the test strip is lying against the stop, is adapted to move into a pressing position in which it presses the test strip against the window, the pressing force of said pressing mechanism being substantially uniform in the positions corresponding to various thicknesses of the test strips.
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1. A device for positioning and firmly holding a medical test strip, said device comprising:
- a housing having a strip reception opening, means forming a stop at the inner end of the opening for the inserted end of the test strip and a window positioned to be opposite a predetermined test zone of the test strip when inserted into the reception opening and abutting against the stop;
means for pressing substantially at right-angles on the rear side of the test-strip strip towards said window, the pressing means being movable between a rest position wherein it is spaced from the rear side of the inserted test strip and a pressing position in which it presses the test strip against the window; and
means responsive to the insertion of a test strip for moving the pressing means from the rest to the pressing position and for applying a pressing force which is substantially uniform in the positions corresponding to various thicknesses of insertable test strips. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a housing having a strip reception opening, means forming a stop at the inner end of the opening for the inserted end of the test strip and a window positioned to be opposite a predetermined test zone of the test strip when inserted into the reception opening and abutting against the stop;
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