ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,175, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ROCHE DIABETES CARE INC. (Indianapolis).

"Stickpack-type packaging for a test strip" was invented by Axel Ahl (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application concerns a stickpack-type packaging comprising an elongate foil tube having two transverse sealing joints, such that a tightly closed fill space is provided in the foil tube for storing a product. It is proposed that a single disposable test strip is arranged in the fill space, wherein the test strip has a chemistry pad for detecting an analyte in a sample, and the chemistry pad is arranged at a distance at least from one...