Method and Apparatus for Encoding Test Strips

摘要

A test meter for receiving a test strip comprising: a housing; electronic circuitry disposed within the housing; and a strip port connector connected to the electronic circuitry and extending to an opening in the housing, said strip port connector connecting the electronic circuitry with a received test strip. The strip port connector contains a pair of top and bottom contacts, said top and bottorn contacts having a proximal end and a distal end and a central contact portion, the top and bottom contacts of the pair are transversely aligned with one another; and the distal ends of the top and bottom contacts are separated or separable from one another by insertion of a test strip between the opposed contacts. The contacts and the meter are adapted to permit detection of faulty contacts and/or coding associated with an inserted test strip. Sill Replacement Sheet "N N - ~ -A-- <--'~$s9 ~ cx .. ~- -2 r - *- A A ~ -- -A A-A- L~* -'A-.- -A- N> <(I FIG.7 A-A- N -A--- N -A-A 'IA-" AflXl.3 J> x ">r 1 vz~/ 4 f - Ac~zf x NN ~x> N A- ~>A N~>( ~ -QX ~1 N N. x' ,~A N ' N / ~ FIG8 --4