Patent ID: 8383041
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A body fluid testing device for analyzing a body fluid, comprising: a test media tape adapted to collect the body fluid; said test media tape comprising a tape and test media portions, wherein a free tape portion without test medium is located between successive test media portions; a supply portion comprising a housing in which uncontaminated test media tape is contained, said housing further having an opening for withdrawing test media tape from the housing; said supply portion further having a seal for closing said opening against the surrounding, wherein a free tape portion of said test media tape is located between a surface and the seal when said seal closes said opening; wherein said seal comprises a gasket having a shore hardness of less than 70, said gasket pressing onto a wall of said housing located at said opening when said seal closes said opening; wherein said tape in said free tape portion has a thickness of less than 100 micrometers; wherein said housing has an internal channel which is the sole air connection between a storage portion of said housing and the surrounding and said test media tape runs through said channel when leaving the housing via the opening of the housing; and wherein the length of said channel from said opening to said supply portion is equal or shorter than the length of a free tape portion between successive test media.