US Patent:
20080217407, Sep 11, 2008
Inventors:
Friedrich 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 - Indianaplis IN, US
Blaine Edward Ramey - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert Paul Sabo - Indianapolis IN, US
Matthew Carlyle Sauers - Indianapolis IN, US
Joerg Schreiber - Indianapolis IN, US
Wolfgang Walter - Lobbach, DE
Seeth Faulkner Williams - Noblesville IN, US
Frederick Leland Wittekind - Anderson IN, US
International Classification:
G06K 7/01
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.