IP Library Granted Patent US 8,962,170
Granted Patent B2
US 8,962,170 · App. 13/219,204 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Device for performing at least one medical function

Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey (Griesheim, DE); Helmut Walter (Heppenheim, DE); Juergen Braun (Ehningen, DE); Juergen Pfrang (Kallmuenz, DE)
Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
A61B5/14532A61B2560/0214A61B2560/0443
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Patent No.
US 8,962,170
App. No.
13/219,204
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for performing at least one medical function on a user is proposed. The device has at least one medical functional element that is designed to perform the medical function. The medical function is selected from a diagnostic, a therapeutic and a surgical function. The device has at least one evaluation and control part that comprises at least one actuation component for controlling the medical function. The evaluation and control part has at least one casing and at least one battery receptacle. The battery receptacle comprises at least one electrical energy reservoir, more particularly at least one battery. The battery receptacle is designed to be opened irreversibly by the user for removing the energy reservoir.

Claims (10)

1. A device for performing at least one medical function on a user, comprising: at least one medical functional element that is designed to perform the medical function, wherein the medical function is selected from a diagnostic, a therapeutic and a surgical function; and at least one evaluation and control part, wherein the evaluation and control part has at least one actuation component for controlling the medical function, wherein the evaluation and control part has at least one casing and at least one battery receptacle that has a battery-receptacle casing, the casing comprises at least one base plate, the base plate has at least one receptacle region for holding the battery-receptacle casing, the base plate can be kinked along at least one kink line, the battery-receptacle casing can be detached from the base plate as a result of kinking along the kink line of the base plate, wherein the battery receptacle comprises at least one battery, wherein the battery receptacle is designed to be opened irreversibly by the user for removing the battery,

wherein the battery-receptacle casing and the casing are connected and the connection can be detached by the user, and

wherein the battery-receptacle casing and/or the casing are/is deformed when the connection is detached such that re-establishing the connection is prevented.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation and control part has at least one disposable and at least one reusable, wherein the disposable and the reusable can be reversibly interconnected, wherein the reusable has the at least one actuation component for controlling the medical function, wherein the disposable has at least one disposable casing and the at least one battery receptacle.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery receptacle comprises at least one closure element that can be opened in an irreversible fashion.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the casing is broken and/or kinked during the deformation.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the connection between the casing and the battery-receptacle casing is selected from a force-fit and an interlocking connection.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery-receptacle casing comprises a closure element, wherein the closure element is embodied such that it can only be opened for the user for removing the energy reservoir from the battery receptacle once the battery-receptacle casing has been detached from the casing.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the functional element is selected from: a sensor for registering at least one body state of the user; and an actuator for influencing at least one body state of the user.

8. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the reusable and the disposable form a common casing of the device in a connected state.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2015
From: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
To: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 036008/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2012
From: FREY, STEPHAN-MICHAEL; WALTER, HELMUT; BRAUN, JUERGEN; PFRANG, JUERGEN
To: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 027551/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2012
From: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH
To: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 027551/0233 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10174253 · Aug 27, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
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