US 11,808,756 B2
Sensor clip for stacked sensor dispensing system, and systems, methods and devices for making and using the same
Jeffery S. Reynolds, New Fairfield, CT (US); and Eugene R. Prais, West Milford, NJ (US)
Assigned to Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG, Basel (CH)
Filed by Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG, Basel (CH)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/896,498.
Application 16/896,498 is a continuation of application No. 15/318,433, granted, now 10,712,335, previously published as PCT/US2015/035654, filed on Jun. 12, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/014,429, filed on Jun. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0300837 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G01N 33/487 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01); B65D 83/08 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/327 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/48757 (2013.01) [A61B 5/157 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/150305 (2013.01); A61B 5/150358 (2013.01); B65D 83/0823 (2013.01); C12Q 1/006 (2013.01); G01N 27/3272 (2013.01); G01N 27/3273 (2013.01); G01N 33/48778 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7759 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable sensor clip assembly for storing and dispensing analyte testing sensors in a housing, the removable sensor clip assembly comprising:
a plurality of analyte test sensors arranged in a stack, each of the plurality of analyte test sensors configured to assist in testing an analyte in a fluid sample;
a skeletal frame with a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides, the top, the bottom, and the plurality of sides being interconnected to define an internal chamber within which is stored the plurality of analyte test sensors,
wherein the plurality of sides comprises:
a first lateral side opposing a second lateral side; and
a first longitudinal side opposing a second longitudinal side,
wherein the first lateral side and the second lateral side is each formed as a pair of elongated rails separated by a first structural gap, and
wherein each of the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side is formed as a single elongated rail;
wherein each of the plurality of sides is spaced from adjacent sides by another structural gap; and
a flexible seal member extending continuously around an outermost edge of the top of the skeletal frame, the flexible seal member configured to mate with an interior wall of a sensor clip assembly housing thereby forming a vapor-tight seal between the interior wall and the top of the skeletal frame.