Patent ID: 8282893
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Test tape unit, comprising: a flexible carrier tape that can be wound forwardly by a tape drive on which carrier tape a plurality of analytical test fields are applied for the application of body fluid, wherein each test field is located on an associated tape section along with at least one check field that is separate from the test field, wherein each tape section has a plurality of position markers for different functional positions of said tape section that are configured to be individually identifiable as a measured quantity by a tape sensor, wherein at least one position marker is a check position marker and is separate from the check field assigned to the check position marker on each tape section, wherein identification of the check position marker by the tape sensor is configured to indicate the check field can be scanned for a functional check by a measuring unit that also is operable to measure the test field when the carrier tape is wound forwardly from the check field.