Inventors:
Firedrich Karl Ackermann - Heidelberg, DE
Manfred Augstein - Mannheim, DE
Timothy L. Beck - Pendleton IN, US
Markus Stephan Fuerst - Heddesheim, DE
Robert Lawrence Meek - Indianapolis IN, US
Phillip Edgar Pash - Indianapolis IN, US
Blaine Edward Ramey - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Paul Sabo - Indianapolis IN, US
Matthew Carlyle Sauers - Indianapolis IN, US
Joerg Schreiber - Indianpolis IN, US
Wolfgang Walter - Lobbach, DE
Seth Faulkner Williams - Noblesville IN, US
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. - Indianapolis IN
International Classification:
G06K 7/00
G06K 7/10
A61B 5/00
G01N 31/00
US Classification:
235439, 23547201, 600300, 600301, 702 30
Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information () over a network () to a measurement apparatus () which makes use of a consumable reagent () in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus () to download the necessary code assignment () and calibration data () of the consumable reagent () by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (). The host () can be a software application running on a host computer (), another measurement apparatus () with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (), a portable memory reader (), a remote computer (), and combinations thereof.