Mendor Oy

Polar Electro Oy

Jarmo Mäentausta

Jukka Planman

Hannu Olavi Kinnunen

Jari Miettinen

Arto Niva

Mika Niemimäki

Tuomas Planman

Vesa-Pekka Torvinen

Onni Ahola

The invention relates to body fluid measuring strip cartridges and apparatuses. A cartridge of the present kind comprises a body having a housing zone for a plurality of stacked test strips, a first opening on the wall of the body for bringing the test strips out of the body one at a time, and first means for sealing the first opening. According to the invention, the cartridge further comprises a second opening on the wall of the housing, the second opening allowing an external actuator to enter the housing and to move within the housing for bringing a test strip out of the body, and second means for sealing the second opening. In addition, means are arranged on said body for providing electrical connection between the reading terminals of at least one strip and external meter electronics. The invention offers a convenient way of achieving sealed storage and reading of analytical test strips for small-sized body fluid measuring apparatuses.

Cartridge for body fluid measuring strips and a body fluid measurement device

Test strip cartridge for blood glucose meters

In the solution of the invention, an association is formed between activity information characterizing the activity level of a user and a performance parameter value proportional to the heart rate information of the user, the activity information and heart rate information having been measured in a user-specific performance monitor, and the heart rate information being responsive to the activity level.

Calibration of performance monitor

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Jarmo Mäentausta