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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2007
Applicants:

Michael John Newman, Ware, GB;

Edwin Paul Earnshaw, Thriplow, GB;

Yannick Pierre Hourmand, Haslingfield, GB;

Andrew Macleod, Harston, GB;

Benjamin Erland Impey, Haslingfield, GB;

Barry Weber, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael John Newman, Ware, GB;

Edwin Paul Earnshaw, Thriplow, GB;

Yannick Pierre Hourmand, Haslingfield, GB;

Andrew Macleod, Harston, GB;

Benjamin Erland Impey, Haslingfield, GB;

Barry Weber, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

LifeScan, Inc., Wayne, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); B65D 83/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48757 (2013.01); B65D 83/0829 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a method of dispensing a test strip is provided in which the dispensed test strip remains stationary while the inner housing moves within an outer housing. In another embodiment, a test strip dispenser is provided that dispenses one test strip at a time. The test strip dispenser includes a movable inner housing nested inside an outer housing. A test strip dispensing system is also described.


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