Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag

Wen Tsung Wang

Hans List

Thomas Z Harkin

Karl Werner

Klaus Thome

Wolfgang Rödel

Hao-Chih Lin

Liang Yi Li

Disclosed is a test tape device comprising a housing having a cassette compartment for a replaceable tape cassette, a cassette door which can be retained in a closed position and which allows access to the cassette compartment through a housing opening in an open position, a tip cover which can be positioned in a first position covering a housing aperture and a second position allowing access to a tip of the tape cassette, wherein the tip cover is moveable to a third position in which the cassette tip is at least partially uncovered and the housing opening is extended into the area of the cassette tip, and wherein the cassette door is self-opening when moving the tip cover to the third position.

Test tape device and operating method

A test tape device is disclosed herein for use with a replaceable analytical tape cassette, where the device includes a housing having a cassette compartment covered by a cassette door and a housing opening for sample application, a protective cover that can be moved between a closed position covering the housing opening and a release position allowing access to the housing opening and a door lock for retaining the cassette door in the closed position, wherein the protective cover is coupled with the door lock via an interlocking mechanism, such that the door lock can only be unlocked in the release position of the cover.

Test tape device

Growing community of inventors

Taichung County, Taiwan

Wen Tsung Wang