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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianspolis, IN (US);
John T. Austera, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Terry A. Beaty, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abner D. Joseph, Carmel, IN (US);
Nathan E. Manlove, Noblesville, IN (US);
Steven K. Moore, Carmel, IN (US);
James L. Pauley, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Randall K. Riggles, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianpolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.