Patent ID: 9494569
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A test strip ejector system for receiving and ejecting a test strip of a fluid testing medical device, the system comprising: a strip connector configured to receive the test strip, the strip connector including first and second guide rails, and first and second divider walls between the first and second guide rails, wherein a first channel is defined between the first divider wall and the first guide rail, wherein a second channel is defined between the second divider wall and the second guide rail; a sled having parallel first and second legs connected to a cross member at one end, each of the legs having a chamfered end located opposite to the end with the cross member, each of the legs having a contact leg extending inwardly from the chamfered end towards the divider walls, the first and second legs positioned in an orientation parallel to the first and second guide rails having the contact leg of each of the first and second legs captured in the first and second channels respectively, wherein the first and second legs of the sled are slidably disposed on and snap fitted to the first and second guide rails respectively to retain the sled in sliding continuous contact with the first and second guide rails for sled motion in each of a loading direction and an ejection direction; and a mechanism assembly having an actuator arm coupled to the cross member of the sled to promote movement of the sled such that operation of the actuator arm of the mechanism assembly in a first direction displaces the sled in the loading direction to position the sled in a test strip test position, and opposite operation of the actuator arm of the mechanism assembly in a second direction displaces the sled in the ejection direction away from the test strip test position and to position the contact legs in direct contact with the test strip to eject the test strip from the fluid testing device by sled travel toward a test strip ejection position.