Systems and methods for a test strip calibrator simulating an electrochemical test strip
AssigneePolymer Technology Systems, Inc.
InventorBrian David Baehl
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Abstract
A system for calibrating an analyzer includes a test strip body. The system further includes a plurality of leads on the test strip body. The system further includes a circuit on the test strip body. The circuit includes a first resistor interconnected with at least a first portion of the plurality of leads and a second resistor interconnected with at least a second portion of the plurality of leads. When the test strip body is inserted into an analyzer, the circuit is configured to provide a signal simulating an electrochemical test strip.
Claims8
A system for calibrating an analyzer, the system comprising:
- a test strip body;
- a plurality of leads on the test strip body;
- a circuit on the test strip body, the circuit including:
- a first resistor directly interconnected with at least a first portion of the plurality of leads;
- a second resistor directly interconnected with at least a second portion of the plurality of leads;
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- an analyzer, the test strip body removable and insertable into the analyzer, the analyzer configured to execute a software to determine whether port circuits of the analyzer that interface with leads of the plurality of leads for a working electrode and a reference electrode are out of electrical tolerance with the test strip body coupled to the analyzer;
- wherein, when the test strip body is inserted into the analyzer, the circuit is configured to provide a signal simulating an electrochemical test strip through the same leads the circuit would stimulate and the analyzer mates with the circuit and executes the software that displays a user interface on the analyzer and determines whether the port circuits of the analyzer are out of electrical tolerance.
A system for calibrating an analyzer, the system comprising:
- a test strip body;
- a plurality of leads on the test strip body;
- an analyzer, the test strip body removable and insertable into the analyzer, the analyzer configured to execute a software to determine whether port circuits of the analyzer that interface with leads for a working electrode and a reference electrode are out of electrical tolerance with the test strip body coupled to the analyzer, the analyzer displaying an indication that the analyzer is out of tolerance when determined;
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- a circuit on the test strip body, the circuit including circuitry for simulating an electrochemical test strip when the test strip body is inserted into the analyzer and the analyzer mates with the circuit and executes the software that displays a user interface on the analyzer and determines whether the port circuits of the analyzer are out of electrical tolerance, wherein the circuitry includes a first resistor directly interconnected with a least a first portion of the plurality of leads;
- and a second resistor directly interconnected with at least a second portion of the plurality of leads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.