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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Michael K. Brown, Elkhart, IN (US);
Russell J. Micinski, South Bend, IN (US);
Robert C. Whitson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Norman S. Miller, Elkhart, IN (US);
Michael K. Brown, Elkhart, IN (US);
Russell J. Micinski, South Bend, IN (US);
Robert C. Whitson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Norman S. Miller, Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A sensor dispensing instrument adapted to handle a sensor pack containing a plurality of sensors and to perform a test using one of the sensors. The sensor dispensing instrument includes an outer housing and a disk drive mechanism contained therein for rotating the sensor pack and ejecting one of the sensors from the sensor pack and through a sensor opening on the housing. The disk drive mechanism of the sensor dispensing instrument is operated by pressing a button which activates a motor. The motor moves a disk drive pusher in a first direction to rotate the sensor pack, and then moves the disk drive pusher in a second direction to eject a sensor from the sensor cavity and through the sensor opening.