Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.

Pamela Reid

Adrian Petyt

Jeff Garner

Matthew Bates

Andrew J Bull

Matt Bates

Andy Bull

A biosensor strip having a low profile for reducing the volume of liquid sample needed to perform an assay. In one embodiment, the biosensor strip includes an electrode support; an electrode arrangement on the electrode support; a cover; a sample chamber; and an incompressible element placed between the cover and the electrode support, the incompressible element providing an opening in at least one side or in the distal end of the sample chamber to provide at least one vent in the sample chamber. In another embodiment, the biosensor strip has an electrode support; an electrode arrangement on the electrode support; a cover; and a sample chamber, the cover having a plurality of openings formed therein, at least one of the openings in register with the sample chamber. The invention further includes methods for preparing such a biosensor strips in a continuous manner.

Biosensors and methods of preparing same

Biosensors

Biosensors and methods of using the same

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Bicester, United Kingdom

Pamela Reid