Cassette and analyzer device
AssigneeBrandon Bransgrove
InventorsBrandon Bransgrove, Steve Hill
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Abstract
A cassette for loading into a bay of an analyzer device, the cassette having a supply chamber for a test tape, an uptake chamber to receive used tape and a test zone between the chambers, where the tape is positioned at a test site for testing purposes, wherein the cassette includes a frame that extends across the test zone on a loading side of the tape, the frame being in a protective position relative to the tape, parallel to and aligned with the tape in the test zone, to protect the tape as the cassette is inserted into the bay of the analyzer device.
Claims19
A cassette for loading into a bay of an analyzer device, the cassette comprising:
- a housing;
- a supply chamber within the housing and containing a supply spool of test tape;
- an uptake chamber within the housing and configured to receive the test tape after the test tape has been tested;
- an opening on the cassette, the test tape extending through the opening so as to be tested by a sensor head of the analyzer device in the opening when the cassette is loaded in the bay of the analyzer device;
- a frame attached to the housing and that extends parallel to at least a portion of the test tape in the opening, the frame being laterally offset from the test tape in the opening and disposed farther away from the supply chamber than the test tape in the opening so that the frame is configured to protect the test tape as the cassette is loaded into the bay;
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- a spring attached to the cassette, the spring being configured to engage the sensor head to bias the housing when the cassette is loaded into the bay such that the frame moves into a ledge on the sensor head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.