Analysis apparatus and analysis method for body fluids

US8684949B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joachim Hoenes · Zwingenberg, DE
• Hans List · Prien am Chiemsee, DE
• Uwe Kraemer · Ilvesheim, DE
• Karl Miltner · Dossenheim, DE
• Juergen Rasch-Menges · Schwetzingen, DE
• Guenther Schmelzeisen-Redeker · Lorsch, DE
• Volker Zimmer · Laumersheim, DE
• Peter Hess · Worms, DE
• Paul Jansen · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/00019
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns an analytical instrument for assaying body fluids, the instrument having the following features: a) a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part, b) an abutment for the body part which can be moved between a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element, c) a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part resting against the abutment in a linear lancing stroke, d) a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part, and e) a detection unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape.