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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Nicholas Long, Hampton, GB;
Jon Johnson, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Nicholas Long, Hampton, GB;
Jon Johnson, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Alere Switzerland GmbH, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/151 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disposable test device consists of a first portionhaving a fluid application portto which a sample of fluid can be applied, and a handle portionhingedly attached to the first portionat a hinge portionand which normally lies in the plane of the first portion. In use the device is held by the handle portionand the first portion inserted into a measuring instrument. The handle is then deflected downwardly e.g. by the finger of a person to supply a drop of fluid to the port