Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process
CA 2599573 C · Owner: Schreiber, Joerg · Inventors: Beck, Timothy L.; Augstein, Manfred; Wittekind, Frederick Leland, Iii
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Apparatuses and methods providing data such as for example, calibration and , reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50 58) with or without a code-, key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a …
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- Filed May 16, 2006 and granted June 30, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 2026.
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