Patents by Inventor Matthias Greuter

Matthias Greuter 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).

  • Patent number: 8920341
    Abstract: The invention concerns a test tape device for analyzing a body fluid having a carrier tape, a plurality of lancing elements arranged on the carrier tape which are provided with a tip that can puncture a body part and a collecting structure that takes up the body fluid obtained during the puncture, and test fields mounted on the carrier tape each being associated with a lancing element and can have body fluid applied thereto. According to the invention it is proposed that the lancing elements are each movably attached to the carrier tape by a coupling member and that a used lancing element can be brought into contact with a test field by a transfer movement from a usage position distant from a test field into a contact position so that body fluid can be transferred from the collecting structure onto the test field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans List, Wilhelm Leichner, Volker Zimmer, Matthias Greuter
  • Publication number: 20110282244
    Abstract: The invention concerns a test tape device for analyzing a body fluid having a carrier tape (36), a plurality of lancing elements (12) arranged on the carrier tape (36) which are provided with a tip (40) that can puncture a body part and a collecting structure (44) that takes up the body fluid obtained during the puncture, and test fields (14) mounted on the carrier tape (36) each being associated with a lancing element (12) and can have body fluid applied thereto. According to the invention it is proposed that the lancing elements (12) are each movably attached to the carrier tape (36) by a coupling member (38) and that a used lancing element (12) can be brought into contact with a test field (14) by a transfer movement from a usage position distant from a test field (14) into a contact position so that body fluid can be transferred from the collecting structure (44) onto the test field (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans List, Wilhelm Leichner, Volker Zimmer, Matthias Greuter
  • Publication number: 20100286561
    Abstract: The invention concerns a test tape device for analyzing a body fluid having a carrier tape (36), a plurality of lancing elements (12) arranged on the carrier tape (36) which are provided with a tip (40) that can puncture a body part and a collecting structure (44) that takes up the body fluid obtained during the puncture, and test fields (14) mounted on the carrier tape (36) each being associated with a lancing element (12) and can have body fluid applied thereto. According to the invention it is proposed that the lancing elements (12) are each movably attached to the carrier tape (36) by a coupling member (38) and that a used lancing element (12) can be brought into contact with a test field (14) by a transfer movement from a usage position distant from a test field (14) into a contact position so that body fluid can be transferred from the collecting structure (44) onto the test field (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans List, Wilhelm Leichner, Volker Zimmer, Matthias Greuter