US 11,918,358 B2
Test strip ejector for medical device
Michel Alain Jean Marie Cadio, Carmel, IN (US); and Ahmet Konya, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)
Assigned to Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/031,387.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087582 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150358 (2013.01) [A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/15016 (2013.01); A61B 5/15113 (2013.01); A61B 5/15126 (2013.01); G01N 33/4875 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid testing medical device comprising a test strip eject mechanism comprising a sled for receiving and transporting an analyte test strip, wherein the sled slides to transport the test strip into and out of contact with a connector of the medical device, the strip eject mechanism comprising an actuation button and a lever having a distal end movably engaged with the button, the lever configured to rotate about a fulcrum, wherein the lever further comprises a proximal end movably engaged with the sled, the device configured such that a user's insertion of a test strip onto the sled and in an insertion direction into the device causes the sled to contact the lever arm and the lever arm to contact and move the actuation button in an outward direction of the medical device and into a position where the actuation button can be actuated by the user.