Patent ID: 8899290

Claim:
A device for producing an analytical consumable that includes at least one carrier and at least one analytical aid connected to the carrier, wherein the analytical aid includes one of an analytical aid that is sensitive to an analyte and an analytical aid that comprises a device for generating or providing a liquid sample, wherein the device comprises: at least one application device configured to apply an optically sensitive material to at least one coding field of the carrier, wherein the optically sensitive material is configured to carry out at least one optically detectable alteration by action of an electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source; and at least one coding device including a data processing device configured to convert at least one calibration information item regarding the analytical aid into a function information item about the analytical consumable, wherein the coding device is configured to receive the function information item from the data processing device and introduce by electromagnetic radiation the function information item about the analytical consumable into the optically sensitive material by an optically detectable alteration of the optically sensitive material of the coding field, wherein the function information item enables at least one analytical instrument to operate correctly with the analytical consumable.