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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Joachim Hoenes, Zwingenberg, DE;
Hans List, Hesseneck-Kailbach, DE;
Uwe Kraemer, Ilvesheim, DE;
Karl Miltner, Frankenthal, DE;
Juergen Rasch-menges, Schwetzingen, DE;
Guenther Schmelzeisen-redeker, Lorsch, DE;
Volker Zimmer, Laumersheim, DE;
Peter Hess, Mannheim, DE;
Paul Jansen, Mannheim, DE;
Joachim Hoenes, Zwingenberg, DE;
Hans List, Hesseneck-Kailbach, DE;
Uwe Kraemer, Ilvesheim, DE;
Karl Miltner, Frankenthal, DE;
Juergen Rasch-Menges, Schwetzingen, DE;
Guenther Schmelzeisen-Redeker, Lorsch, DE;
Volker Zimmer, Laumersheim, DE;
Peter Hess, Mannheim, DE;
Paul Jansen, Mannheim, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns an analytical instrument for assaying body fluids, the instrument having the following features: a) a housing provided with a receiving element for engaging a body part, b) an abutment for the body part which can be moved between a release position and an operating position relative to the receiving element, c) a lancing unit having a lancing element that can pierce the body part resting against the abutment in a linear lancing stroke, d) a test tape unit having a test tape for receiving body fluid issuing from the body part, and e) a detection unit for examining the body fluid applied to a section of the test tape.