Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus which makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process

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PATENT NO 7883015
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11914405

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Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code assignment (24) and calibration data (32) of the consumable reagent (18) by means of an electronic communication protocol from a host (33). The host (33) can be a software application running on a host computer (34), another measurement apparatus (50, 58) with or without a code-key slot used to read a memory device providing the above mentioned information (30), a dedicated connectivity device, such as a docking station (44), a portable memory reader (48), a remote computer (54), and combinations thereof.

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ROCHE OPERATIONS LTD2 CHURCH STREET HAMILTON HM11

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ackermann, Firedrich Karl Heidelberg, DE 1 83
Augstein, Manfred Mannheim, DE 25 868
Beck, Timothy L Pendleton, US 13 755
Fuerst, Markus Stephan Heddesheim, DE 2 99
Meek, Robert Lawrence Indianapolis, US 2 99
Pash, Phillip Edgar Indianapolis, US 3 101
Ramey, Blaine Edward Indianapolis, US 21 1126
Sabo, Robert Paul Indianapolis, US 2 99
Sauers, Matthew Carlyle Indianapolis, US 11 428
Schreiber, Joerg Indianpolis, US 7 1353
Walter, Wolfgang Lobbach, DE 61 443
Williams, Seth Faulkner Noblesville, US 2 84
Wittekind,, III Frederick Leland Anderson, US 3 86

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