IP Library Granted Patent US 8,562,917
Granted Patent B2
US 8,562,917 · App. 12/389,223 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Analyte meter sleeves and methods

Inventors: Raymond Yao (Ossining, NY); Elgin Meike Toepfer (Roesrath, DE); Jan Oliver Seyberth (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,562,917
App. No.
12/389,223
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some aspects, an analyte meter sleeve is provided for storing an analyte meter (e.g., a blood glucose meter or insulin pump) and a lancet device. The sleeve includes a first sleeve member adapted to receive the analyte meter and a second member affixed to the sleeve and adapted to receive the lancet device. The first sleeve member may have a window adapted to allow viewing of a meter display. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (6)

1. A method of using an analyte meter sleeve, comprising:

mounting an analyte meter having a test strip port in a first sleeve member comprising a cloth, wherein the first sleeve member surrounds a housing of the analyte meter; and

mounting a lancet device in a second member affixed to an exterior surface of the first sleeve member such that a sharp end of the lancet device is oriented on a same end of the analyte meter sleeve as the test strip port.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

cocking the lancet device without removing the lancet device from the second member; and

pressing a release button on the lancet device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2016
From: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
To: ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 038009/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2009
From: YAO, RAYMOND; TOEPFER, ELGIN MEIKE; SEYBERTH, JAN OLIVER
To: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
Reel/Frame 022395/0461 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61090502 · Aug 20, 2008
Related Publication 20100047126A1 · Feb 25, 2010