US 12,350,040 B2
Glucose test arrangement and method
Volker Huellen, Mannheim (DE); Ingrid Keth, Worms (DE); Beate Koschorreck, Schriesheim (DE); Miguel Setiabudi, Hirschberg (DE); Max Berg, Mannheim (DE); Daniel Kammerer, Mannheim (DE); Ulisse Hohenadel, Weinheim (DE); Daniel Sieffert, Mannheim (DE); and Rudolf Pachl, Ellerstadt (DE)
Assigned to ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/784,319.
Application 16/784,319 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/070782, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17184572 (EP), filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0275868 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/157 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 33/52 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/14532 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/150358 (2013.01); A61B 5/157 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 33/523 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7759 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7796 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A glucose test method for use in a handheld meter, comprising:
providing a disposable test pad which is responsive to glucose in a body fluid, the test pad having a top side and an opposite bottom side and a receiving area arranged on the top side,
positioning the test pad on a supporting member at an application site for body fluid, the supporting member further comprising one or more spacer elements arranged adjacent to the application site, the test pad being movable relative to the supporting member,
applying a drop of blood from a user's skin onto the receiving area of the test pad, where the receiving area faces away from the supporting member,
contacting the user's skin by means of a skin-contacting end section of the one or more spacer elements which protrudes above the receiving area, thereby preventing direct finger contact with the test pad during sample application for enhanced accuracy of the glucose test.