Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Ingrid Keth

Rudolf Pachl

Max Berg

Joerg Dreibholz

Bernd Limburg

Wolfgang Schwoebel

Peter Seelig

Thomas Jaeck

Daniel Sieffert

Volker Huellen

Beate Koschorreck

Christian Freitag

Daniel Kammerer

Elke Schmidtchen

Miguel Setiabudi

Ulisse Hohenadel

A glucose test arrangement is provided for use in a handheld meter. The arrangement comprises a disposable test pad responsive to glucose in a body fluid, and a supporting member adapted to support the test pad at an application site for applying body fluid from a user's skin onto a receiving area of the test pad. The receiving area faces away from the supporting member. One or more spacer elements are arranged on the supporting member adjacent to the test pad, wherein the one or more spacer elements have a skin-contacting end section which protrudes above the receiving area.

Glucose test arrangement and method

A test tape cassette is disclosed that includes a cassette housing and an analytical test tape. The test tape includes a plurality of analytical test elements, a spreading fabric for applying a body fluid, and an underlying reagent layer for detecting an analyte in the body fluid. The cassette housing has an application tip that has a guide path extending longitudinally to the test tape in an arched-shape and is uncurved at right angles thereto for supporting the test tape in a kink-free manner. The guide path has an apex area with a central opening that delimits a measuring window for an optical measurement on the test elements.

Test tape cassette and analytical test tape therefor

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Worms, Germany

Ingrid Keth