Unitized point-of-care urine dipstick control device
OwnerMonty Scott Ban, Nicholas Eugene Poppinventors
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Abstract
A control device suitable for a urine reagent strip comprises an elongated package having front and rear walls, a top portion and a bottom portion, and an elongated chamber partially filled with test urine. An elongated chamber extends from the top portion to the bottom portion. At least a portion of one of the walls at the chamber is substantially transparent or translucent. The device includes a flap of at least one quarter inch wide on one side of the chamber and a closed access section in the top portion. User information is on at least one of the walls.
Claims21
A control device suitable for a urine reagent strip comprising:
- a) an elongated package comprising:
- 1) front and rear walls,
- 2) a top portion and a bottom portion,
- 3) an elongated chamber substantially rectangular in vertical cross section extending from the top portion to the bottom portion, at least a portion of one of the walls at the chamber being substantially transparent or translucent,
- 4) a flap at least ¼ inch wide on one side of the chamber, and
- 5) a closed access section in the top portion, wherein when the access section is opened, there is access to the chamber;
- b) test urine partially filling the chamber;
- and
- c) user information on at least one of the walls,
- wherein the flap is sufficiently large that the package can be held by the flap without any test urine passing out of the opened access section.
A control device suitable for a urine reagent strip comprising:
- a. an elongated package comprising:
- i. front and rear walls,
- ii. a top portion and a bottom portion,
- iii. an elongated chamber substantially rectangular in vertical cross section extending from the top portion to the bottom portion, at least one of the walls at the chamber being substantially transparent or translucent, the chamber being sufficiently long that a urine reagent strip can be dipped therein with all of the active portions of the urine reagent strip in contact with urine or synthetic urine,
- iv. a flap at least ¼ inch wide on at least one side of the chamber, and
- v. a closed access section in the top portion,
- wherein when the access section is opened, there is access to the chamber for dipping a urine reagent strip therein,
- b. test urine partially filling the chamber in an amount of no more than about 80% the total capacity of the chamber, wherein the volume of urine or synthetic urine in the chamber is sufficiently small that the urine reagent strip can be dipped therein without any test urine leaking out of the chamber;
- and
- c. user information on at least one of the walls,
- wherein the portions of the front and rear walls in contact with the test urine are substantially non-reactive with the urine or synthetic urine, and
- wherein the portions of the front and rear walls forming the chamber are substantially impermeable to oxygen, and
- wherein the flap is sufficiently large that the package can be held by the flap without any test urine passing out of the opened access section.
A unitized point-of-care urine dipstick control device comprising a package having a plastic side wall fused to a foil side wall, a urine test control fluid fluidly contained in said package, and a urine dipstick receiving chamber disposed in said package on the plastic side thereof, said chamber being peelable away from said plastic side wall to enable a user to open the upper end of said chamber for insertion of a urine control dipstick therein.
A control device suitable for a urine reagent strip comprising:
- a) an elongated package comprising:
- 1) front and rear walls,
- 2) a top portion and a bottom portion,
- 3) an elongated chamber substantially rectangular in vertical cross section extending from the top portion to the bottom portion, at least a portion of one of the walls at the chamber being substantially transparent or translucent, and
- 4) a closed access section in the top portion, wherein when the access section is opened, there is access to the chamber;
- b) test urine partially filling the chamber;
- and
- c) user information on at least one of the walls,
- wherein the front wall comprises, from the outside to the inside, a first layer selected from the group consisting of PET film and OPP film, a second layer selected from the group consisting of PVdC and EVOH, and a third layer selected from the group consisting of a film comprising LDPE and a film comprising LLDPE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.