Patent ID: 8535618
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A test strip dispenser comprising: a housing that defines a magazine portion adapted for holding a plurality of test strips, the magazine portion in further communication with a dispensing opening which extends through a curved inner surface defined by the housing and through which the test strip moves from the magazine portion into the depression, wherein the magazine opening and the dispensing opening are positioned 180° from one another about an axis, the magazine further comprising a locking mechanism opening; a cylindrical body that is rotatably attached to the housing, wherein the cylindrical body having a dial portion having a diameter greater than a diameter of the cylindrical body, and the cylindrical body is capable of rotating about an axis such that the cylindrical body rotates relative to the housing; and the dial portion further defining a notch; a locking member that when located within both the notch and the locking mechanism opening effects a locking of the cylindrical body such that the cylindrical body is prevented from rotating about the axis relative to the housing, wherein the locking member is removable from the notch and the locking mechanism opening to effect unlocking of the cylindrical body such that the cylindrical body is capable of rotating about the axis relative to the housing; and wherein when one of the plurality of test strip engages an outer surface of the cylindrical body and that is carried by the cylindrical body about the axis as the cylindrical body rotates about the axis, wherein alignment of the one of the plurality of test strips with the dispensing opening causes the test strip to fall off of and out of engagement with the outer surface of the cylindrical body and through the dispensing opening.