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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Roger Phillips, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Geoffery McGarraugh, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Franklin A. Jurik, San Mateo, CA (US);
Raymond D. Underwood, Red Bluff, CA (US);
Lifescan, Inc., Milipitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A reagent test strip for use in an apparatus for determining a blood glucose concentration of a sample of whole blood, the apparatus having optics for detecting intensity of light reflected from a reading surface portion of the reagent test strip. The reagent test strip includes a sample receiving surface portion for receiving an unmetered whole blood sample, a reading surface portion, other than the sample receiving surface portion, from which reflectance is read by the apparatus: and a notch for aligning the reagent test strip in the apparatus.