Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Operations Ltd.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ag

Wolfgang Walter

Manfred Augstein

Blaine Edward Ramey

Matthew Carlyle Sauers

Timothy L Beck

Robert Paul Sabo

Frederick Leland Wittekind, Iii

Robert Lawrence Meek

Markus Stephan Fuerst

Joerg Schreiber

Seth Faulkner Williams

Phillip Edgar Pash

Friedrich Karl Ackermann

Firedrich Karl Ackermann

Philip Edgar Pash

Frederick Leland Iii Wittekind

Seeth Faulkner Williams

Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information () over a network () to a measurement apparatus () which makes use of a consumable reagent () in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus () to download the necessary code assignment () and calibration data () of the consumable reagent () by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (). The host () can be a software application running on a host computer (), another measurement apparatus () with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (), a portable memory reader (), a remote computer (), and combinations thereof.

Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process

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Lobbach, Germany

Wolfgang Walter