Patent ID: 8052943
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A biosensor cartridge for storing and dispensing a stacked plurality of biosensors, comprising: a case having a sensor ejecting port, wherein the case is partitioned by a wall into a biosensor storing chamber storing a plurality of stacked biosensors, a desiccant storing chamber for storing a desiccant, with an aperture communicating between both storing chambers, and a pushing member housing chamber; and a sensor ejecting means in the pushing member housing chamber for ejecting a biosensor from the case via the sensor ejecting port, wherein the sensor ejecting means includes a cylindrical rotating member having a spiral groove and a pushing member, the rotating member being rotatable by an external sensor ejecting mechanism, and the pushing member having a first projection that engages the spiral groove of the cylindrical rotating member and a second projection that projects through an opening into the biosensor storing chamber for pushing a rear end of a biosensor at the bottom of the stack, a hold-down plate on the stacked plurality of biosensors in slidable contact with the interior surface of the case along a stacking direction of the plurality of biosensors, and an elastic body holding down the hold-down plate and the plurality of biosensors in the stacking direction, the engaged pushing member reciprocatable along the spiral groove to eject a biosensor from the case via the sensor ejecting port.