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Medical instrument with shutter for sealing a test strip port

US10705071B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

Klaus Thome · St. Leon-Rot, DE
Reiner Stein · Bad Kreuznach, DE
Lars Fischheiter · Ludwigsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N35/00029
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical instrument/analyzer for measuring a biological sample using a test strip. The instrument comprises: a housing with an exterior surface, an internal surface, and an interior volume; an analytical unit within the interior volume with a test strip mount; a test strip port between the exterior and the interior surfaces; a shutter configured for sealing the test strip port when closed, wherein the shutter comprises a test strip support aligned with the test strip port and mount when the shutter is in the open position, wherein the shutter has a first sealing surface, the test strip port has a second sealing surface, and the first sealing and second sealing surfaces are configured to mate in the closed position, wherein the shutter comprises a mechanism for moving between the open and the closed position; and an actuator configured for moving the shutter between the open and closed position.

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