Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Polyic Gmbh & Co Kg

Bernd Rösicke

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Hans-Peter Haar

Michael Marquant

Wolfgang Clemens

Harvey Buck

Johannes Pill

Andreas Eberhart

Frederic Wehowski

Nicole Bernini

Otto Gaa

Stefan Kalveram

Jürgen Rasch-Menges

Sybille Froech

Kai Hebestreit

Jörg Scherer

Christian Niesporek

Claudia Gässler-Dietsche

Otto Fürst

Wolfgang Reiser

The present invention concerns a tape magazine especially for a hand-held device for analyzing a body fluid with a test tape that can be unwound from a storage unit and wound onto a waste unit where the waste unit can be driven in order to wind forward the test tape. The invention provides that a lock which keeps the test tape under tension is integrated in the tape magazine at least on the storage unit. The present invention also concerns a hand-held device with such a tape magazine. The present invention also concerns a hand-held device with a mechanical drive for the test tape and a disposable hand-held device with polymer-based electronic components.

Tape magazine for a hand-held device

An integrated test element () is proposed for detecting for detecting at least one analyte in a sample (), in particular in a liquid sample (). The integrated test element () has a carrier element (), with an application face () on which at least one organic electroluminescent component () is applied. Furthermore, at least one indicator substance () is applied on the application face (), which indicator substance () alters at least one optical characteristic, in particular an emission characteristic (e.g. a fluorescence characteristic), when it comes into contact with the at least one analyte. Furthermore, the integrated test element () has at least one photodetector element ().

Integrated test element

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Mannheim, Germany

Bernd Rösicke