Detection meter and mode of operation
AssigneeIntuity Medical, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey L. Emery, Michael F. Tomasco, Charles Hu
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Abstract
A method for performing an assay to determine the presence or concentration of an analyte contained in a sample of body fluid by using a device comprising at least one analyte quantification member and a sensor associated therewith, the method includes: applying a first sample to the analyte quantification member; and detecting the presence or absence of an adequate sample volume; wherein upon detection of the absence of an adequate sample volume, initiating a finite timed period, and signaling the user to introduce a second sample of body fluid to the analyte quantification member. Associated arrangements and devices are also disclosed.
Claims28
A method of performing an assay to determine the presence or concentration of an analyte contained in a sample of body fluid, the method comprising:
- obtaining first body fluid sample from a wound with an analyte meter comprising at least one assay pad and a sensor associated therewith;
- detecting the absence of an adequate sample volume on the at least one assay pad during a first time period using the analyte meter;
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- upon detecting the absence of an adequate sample volume on the at least one assay pad, initiating a second time period and signaling the user to manually milk the wound and to introduce an additional body fluid sample to the analyte meter to increase the sample volume.
A method of performing an assay to determine the presence or concentration of an analyte contained in a sample of body fluid, the method comprising:
- obtaining, via a skin-penetration member of an analyte meter, a first body fluid sample from a wound of a user;
- detecting, via a sensor of the analyte meter and during a first time period, an absence of an adequate sample volume on an assay pad of the analyte meter;
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- upon detecting the absence of the adequate sample volume on the assay pad of the analyte meter during the first time period, initiating a second time period and signaling the user to manually milk the wound and introduce additionally expressed body fluid sample to the analyte meter via the skin penetration member to increase sample volume obtained by the analyte meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.