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US 2021/0239677 A1Published application
Test Element Retention Dividers
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorsIsaac A. Norman, Frank A. Chan
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Abstract
A resealable container including a housing, a lid coupled to the housing, and a basket received within the housing and including side walls defining an interior space, and a retainer extending over at least a portion of the interior space and configured to support at least one test element in at least one of a side-to-side direction and a front-to-back direction within the basket.
Claims20
A resealable container comprising:
- a housing;
- a lid coupled to the housing;
- and
- a basket received within the housing and including
- a first side wall and a second side wall defining an interior space, and
- a retainer extending over at least a portion of the interior space and configured to support at least one test element in a side-to-side direction and a front-to-back direction within the basket, the retainer further comprising:
- a first plurality of fingers extending from the first side wall to a parting line positioned between the first side wall and the second side wall in the interior space;
- and
- a second plurality of fingers extending from the second side wall to the parting line, wherein:
- a first finger in the first plurality of fingers and a second finger in the second plurality of fingers are configured to deform in response to insertion of at least one test element into the interior space to provide side-to-side support of the at least one test element, the first finger and the second finger are configured to be deflectable in a range of motion from a non-deflected position extending to the parting line and a deflected position extending into the interior space and exerting a force on sides of the at least one test element;
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- an unused third finger in the first plurality of fingers and an unused fourth finger in the second plurality of fingers are configured to not deform in response to the insertion of the at least one test element into the interior space to provide front-to-back support to the at least one test element.
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A basket for use in a resealable container, the basket comprising:
- a sidewall defining an interior space;
- and
- a retainer including a plurality of segments, each segment in the plurality of segments being deflectable between a first deflected position and a second non-deflected position,
- when in the first position at least one segment in the plurality of segments is configured to extend into the interior space and provide side-to-side support of a test element that deflects the at least one segment into the first position by exerting a force on a side of the test element, and
- when in the second position at least one other segment in the plurality of segments that does not deflect is configured to provide front-to-back support of the test element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.