Optimized lancet tape
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorsAhmet Konya, Bernd Hiller
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Abstract
A method for producing an analytical tape, in particular a lancet tape, is proposed. The analytical tape is designed for being used in an analytical testing device with at least a sample-taking function. In the method, at least one supporting tape is provided in a continuous process. A plurality of lancet elements are successively applied directly to the supporting tape at at least one application point.
Claims38
A method for producing an analytical tape designed for being used in an analytical testing device with a sample-taking function, the method comprising:
- providing a supporting tape wound on a first roller;
- unwinding the supporting tape from the first roller in a transport direction and subsequently winding the supporting tape onto a second roller in a continuous process;
- punching lancets from a lancet tape at a punching station;
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- successively applying the lancets directly to the supporting tape at at least one application point between the first and second rollers, wherein each of the plurality of lancets comprises a puncturing component selected from the group consisting of a flat lancet and a round needle, each of the puncturing components being fixed directly on the supporting tape and being oriented pointing in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, and wherein the combination of the supporting tape and the lancets forms the analytical tape configured having a constant thickness, the constant thickness being increased only at the lancets by the thickness of the lancets.
A method for producing an analytical tape designed for being used in an analytical testing device with a sample-taking function, the method comprising:
- providing a supporting tape wound on a first roller;
- unwinding the supporting tape from the first roller in a transport direction and subsequently winding the supporting tape onto a second roller in a continuous process;
- aligning a lancet tape relative to the supporting tape using a plurality of positioning aides, the positioning aides being positioned in a predetermined spatial relationship to one or more of a plurality of lancets of the lancet tape;
- punching the lancets from the lancet tape at a punching station;
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- successively applying the lancets directly to the supporting tape at at least one application point between the first and second rollers, wherein each of the plurality of lancets comprises a puncturing component selected from the group consisting of a flat lancet and a round needle, each of the puncturing components being fixed directly on the supporting tape and being oriented pointing in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction, and wherein the combination of the supporting tape and the lancets forms the analytical tape configured having a constant thickness, the constant thickness being increased only at the lancets by the thickness of the lancets.
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