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US 5,863,800 AGranted
Storage system for test elements
AssigneeBoehringer Mannheim GmbH
InventorsHeino Eikmeier, Klaus-Dieter Sacherer, Joerg Schreiber, Wilfried Schmid, Hans-Juergen Kuhr
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Abstract
A systems for test elements used for clinical chemical analyses has several test elements, each of which is individually sealed to be impermeable to water vapor. The method provides for the removal of test elements and protects the test elements contained in it against effects from the outside.
Claims9
A process for providing a test element which has not been exposed to deleterious amounts of water vapor, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a storage container including water vapor impermeable chambers, each chamber having a first opening sealed by a first water vapor impermeable sealing foil, a second opening sealed by a second water vapor impermeable sealing foil and a test element located in said chamber;
- piercing said first sealing foil;
- moving said test element toward said second sealing foil;
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- piercing said second sealing foil with the test element.
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