Patent ID: 8821399
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A tape cassette for a medical handheld device, comprising: a carrier tape, which carries functional elements including at least one of test fields for assaying a sample of a human and/or animal bodily fluid and lancets; a supply chamber, in which a supply section of the carrier tape comprising unused functional elements is positioned; a winding unit configured to wind up the carrier tape and draw it through a tape exit opening of the supply chamber, thereby sequentially bringing the functional elements into a usage position; and a tape guide having a deflection bevel and being positioned in the supply chamber, the tape guide being configured to twist the carrier tape by a quarter-turn in the supply chamber such that the carrier tape in the tape exit opening is oriented transversely to an axis of rotation of the supply section positioned in the supply chamber.