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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Robert Huffstodt, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John P. Hancock, Fishers, IN (US);
Emmanuel Paul Crabtree, Crossville, TN (US);
James J. Sutor, Greenwood, IN (US);
Kimberly Zinser Huffstodt, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Gregory M. Lawrence, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert Huffstodt, Indianapolis, IN (US);
John P. Hancock, Fishers, IN (US);
Emmanuel Paul Crabtree, Crossville, TN (US);
James J. Sutor, Greenwood, IN (US);
Kimberly Zinser Huffstodt, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Gregory M. Lawrence, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Polymer Technology Systems, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A dry test strip assembly includes: a carrier base having a test port and a well adapted for receiving a dry test strip element, and a cover having a sample opening. The cover can be snapped onto the base with the sample opening aligned over the test port and with a test strip element compressed between the base and cover. A maximum dry test strip compression stop controls the maximum compression on the dry test strip, and a minimum dry test strip compression stop controls the minimum compression on the dry test strip. A rib between two test ports prevents fluid flow in the dry test strip element from one side of the rib to another, thereby separating the test strip element into a plurality of separate fluid compartments. A manufacturing system efficiently assembles the dry test strip assembly without handling by humans.