Cartridge and sensor-dispensing instrument
CA 2572043 C · Owner: Bayer Healthcare Llc · Inventors: Purcell, D. Glenn; Kheiri, Mohammad A.
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A disposable cartridge adapted to be used with a sensor-dispensing instrument comprises a housing, test sensors, a mechanical mechanism and moveable seals. The housing forms at least one opening there through. The test sensors are stacked in the housing. The test sensors are adapted to assist in testing at least one analyte. The mechanical mechanism is adapted to urge the test sensors in a first direction. One of the test sensors is positioned for ejection from the cartridge. The moveable seals is adapted to be in a closed position that seals the at least one opening so as to provide a substantially moisture-proof and a substantially air-tight cartridge and one of the , moveable …
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- Filed June 23, 2005 and granted August 19, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 23, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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