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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Applicant:
Jerry T. Pugh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jerry T. Pugh, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
LifeScan, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 59/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); G01R 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are electrochemical sensor dispensing methods and apparatus. The sensors dispensers can include an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal, the elongate body including a proximally positioned dispensing surface with an opening for dispensing a sensor. A storage chamber having a series of connected sensors is positioned distally and can feed a proximally positioned sensor feeder mechanism. The feeder mechanism includes an elongate member having a first end and second end, the second end adapted to pivot between a sensor engaging position and a sensor feeding position.