Stickpack-type packaging for a test strip
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorAxel Ahl
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Abstract
The application concerns a stickpack-type packaging comprising an elongate foil tube (12) having two transverse sealing joints (16,18), such that a tightly closed fill space (20) is provided in the foil tube (12) for storing a product. It is proposed that a single disposable test strip (22) is arranged in the fill space (20), wherein the test strip (22) has a chemistry pad (26) for detecting an analyte in a sample, and the chemistry pad (26) is arranged at a distance at least from one of the transverse sealing joints (16,18).
Claims17
A stickpack-type packaging comprising an elongate foil tube preferably having a longitudinal sealing joint, wherein two transverse sealing joints are provided on the longitudinal ends of said foil tube, such that a tightly closed fill space is provided in the foil tube for storing a product, characterized in that a single disposable test strip is arranged in the fill space, wherein the test strip has a chemistry pad for detecting an analyte in a sample, and the chemistry pad is arranged at a distance at least from one of the transverse sealing joints.
A method for producing a stickpack-type packaging comprising the steps of
- a) forming an elongate foil tube preferably by joining mutually opposite longitudinal edges of a flexible flat web,
- b) sealing the foil tube by first and second heat-sealed transverse joints provided on the longitudinal ends of the foil tube, thereby providing a closed fill space for storing a product,
- characterized by
- c) providing a disposable test strip having a chemistry pad for detecting an analyte in a sample,
- d) introducing the test strip into the fill space before closing the second transverse joint,
- e) placing the test strip in step d) such that the chemistry pad is arranged at a distance from the second transverse joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.