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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Hans List, Hesseneck-Kalibach, DE;
Hans-peter Haar, Wiesloch, DE;
Bernd Rösicke, Mannheim, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a tape magazine especially for a hand-held device for analyzing a body fluid with a test tape that can be unwound from a storage unit and wound onto a waste unit where the waste unit can be driven in order to wind forward the test tape. The invention provides that a lock which keeps the test tape under tension is integrated in the tape magazine at least on the storage unit. The present invention also concerns a hand-held device with such a tape magazine. The present invention also concerns a hand-held device with a mechanical drive for the test tape and a disposable hand-held device with polymer-based electronic components.