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Medical instrument with a shutter for sealing a test strip port

US11445945B2 · 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
Jerome Greenhalgh · Kornwestheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/0091
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical instrument and method thereof for performing a measurement on a biological sample using a test strip are disclosed. The medical instrument may comprise: an analytical unit for analyzing the test strip, wherein the analytical unit comprises a test strip mount which receives the test strip to perform the measurement; a test strip port which receives the test strip, wherein the test strip port is aligned with the test strip mount along an insertion direction; and a shutter movable between open and closed positions, the shutter comprises a test strip opening, wherein the test strip opening is aligned with the test strip port and the test strip mount when the shutter is in the open position, wherein the shutter comprises a shutter mechanism that rotates the shutter parallel to the insertion direction about a rotational axis to move the shutter between the open position and the closed position.

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