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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Will A. Bishop, Noblesville, IN (US);

James R. Hanson, Brownsburg, IN (US);

Joyce A. Trese, Cicero, IN (US);

Assignee:

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 17/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); G01N 27/327 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/4875 (2013.01); G01N 27/3273 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00108 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00138 (2013.01); Y10T 403/591 (2015.01);
Abstract

A system for receiving and ejecting a fluid testing device test strip includes a strip connector having first and second guide rails, and divider walls each having a channel. A sled has first and second legs connected to a cross member. Each leg has a contact leg extending inwardly from a chamfered end. The first and second legs when positioned parallel to the guide rails have the contact leg captured in the divider wall channels retaining the sled in sliding contact with the guide rails for motions in loading and ejection directions. A mechanism assembly is movably connected to the fluid testing device. The cross member is coupled so operation in a first direction displaces the sled in the loading direction positioning the sled in a test strip test position, and opposite operation positions the contact legs in direct contact with and ejects the test strip.


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