Patents by Inventor Friedrich Heid

Friedrich Heid has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magazine for storing test elements
    Patent number: 6682704
    Abstract: The invention concerns a magazine for storing test elements (1) with one or several test zones (3) which are attached adjacent to one another on a rectangular support, wherein the magazine has at least one pair of guide grooves (18a, b) located opposite to one another into which the test elements are inserted in such a way that they lie directly adjacent to one another and the edges of adjacent supports abut one another. A further subject matter of the invention is a system which comprises a slide (14, 31) in addition to the magazine according to the invention which is used to push a layer of test elements along the guide grooves towards the opposite end of the layer to remove test elements from the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Gunter Bottwein, Reinhard Bär, Hans List, Friedrich Heid
  • Test element storage device
    Patent number: 6534017
    Abstract: The invention concerns a magazine for storing test elements (1) with one or several test zones (3) which are attached adjacent to one another on a rectangular support, wherein the magazine has at least one pair of guide grooves (18a, b) located opposite to one another into which the test elements are inserted in such a way that they lie directly adjacent to one another and the edges of adjacent supports abut one another. A further subject matter of the invention is a system which comprises a slide (14, 31) in addition to the magazine according to the invention which is used to push a layer of test elements along the guide grooves towards the opposite end of the layer to remove test elements from the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Bottwein, Reinhard Bär, Hans List, Friedrich Heid
  • Magazine for storing test elements
    Publication number: 20030002387
    Abstract: The invention concerns a magazine for storing test elements (1) with one or several test zones (3) which are attached adjacent to one another on a rectangular support, wherein the magazine has at least one pair of guide grooves (18a, b) located opposite to one another into which the test elements are inserted in such a way that they lie directly adjacent to one another and the edges of adjacent supports abut one another. A further subject matter of the invention is a system which comprises a slide (14, 31) in addition to the magazine according to the invention which is used to push a layer of test elements along the guide grooves towards the oppofite end of the layer to remove test elements from the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Gunter Bottwein, Reinhard Bar, Hans List, Friedrich Heid