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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Lifescan Scotland Limited, Inverness, Inverness-shire, GB;
Gary Carroll, Iverness, GB;
Ivan Confield, Iverness, GB;
Luca Valsecchi, Monza, IT;
Michele Sala, Monza, IT;
Maurizio Volpe, Monza, IT;
Roberto Beretta, Monza, IT;
John Nelson, Iverness, GB;
LifeScan Scotland Limited, Inverness, GB;
Abstract
An electrical connector can receive a substrate having conductive tracks. The connector includes a housing with a port and at least one alignment feature that together define a direction of insertion. At least three function pins mounted to the housing each include contacts that electrically connect to one of the conductive tracks of a substrate inserted in the connector. A sense pin mounted to the housing has a contact that electrically connects to at least one of the conductive tracks of an inserted substrate. The sense pin can include a plurality of electrically-connected segments, each segment extending substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the substrate. Systems and methods for detecting an analyte in a bodily-fluid sample are also described.