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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2009
Hoa Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Urs A. Ramel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Pierce, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hoa Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Urs A. Ramel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Pierce, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bayer HealthCare LLC, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of preparing a fluid sample for use in a fluid analyte monitor, the method including drawing a fluid sample into a capillary channel in a body having a septum piercing projection; piercing a first septum covering a treatment solution chamber with the septum piercing projection, thereby exposing the fluid sample in the capillary channel to the contents of the treatment solution chamber; mixing the fluid sample with the contents of the treatment solution chamber; and piercing a second septum covering the treatment solution channel such that the mixed fluid and treatment solution chamber contents are received into a fluid analyte meter. The method may also include shaking the treatment solution chamber with the capillary channel therein, thereby mixing the fluid sample with the contents of the treatment solution chamber.