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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 33/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 33/525 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of producing a test element for studying a body fluid sample. In the methods, a detection layer is covered with a polymeric spreading layer and applied to a support. The spreading layer can be produced by being sprayed onto the detection layer such that the spreading layer has a thickness of at most about 20 μm. Also disclosed are test elements produced by the methods, as well as tape cassettes incorporating such test elements.