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US 7,922,974 B2Granted
Handheld apparatus for analysis with a conveyance path for test elements
AssigneeRoche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
InventorMichael Schabbach
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Abstract
A handheld device for analyzing a sample for a medically significant component may comprise an analysis sensor to which an analytic consumable may be supplied along a conveyance path, a drivable conveyance roll configured to grip the analytic consumable protruding into the conveyance path, a motor configure to drive the drivable conveyance roll, and a housing containing the analysis sensor, the drivable conveyance roll and the motor.
Claims22
A handheld analysis device for analyzing a sample for a medically significant component, comprising:
- an analysis sensor to which an analytic consumable may be supplied along a conveyance path,
- a movable magazine having a chamber containing the analytic consumable, the chamber having an opening through which the analytic consumable may pass to the conveyance path,
- a movable pushrod extending, when moved, into the chamber and pushing the analytic consumable through the chamber opening at least partially into the conveyance path,
- a first motor, separate from the movable pushrod, which drives movement of the magazine, and
- a drivable conveyance roll which, when driven, transports along the conveyance path the analytic consumable pushed by the pushrod at least partially into the conveyance path.
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