Handheld Medical Device Simultaneous Charging And In Vivo Analyte Sampling Systems And Methods

A system for monitoring one or more characteristics of a bodily fluid, the system comprising:

• a wireless power transmitter that is integrated within a wireless charging device, that receives power via a wire that is connected between the wireless charging device and an external power source, and that wirelessly outputs power;
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• a handheld medical device comprising:
• a re-chargeable battery that is electrically connected to provide power to components of the handheld medical device;
• a wireless power receiver that outputs power received wirelessly, via an antenna, from a wireless power transmitter that is external to the handheld medical device;
• a battery charging module that selectively charges the re-chargeable battery based on the power received wirelessly from the wireless power transmitter;
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• a measurement module that, while the handheld medical device is not connected by wire to any other device, measures a characteristic of a sample of a bodily fluid simultaneously with the battery charging module charging the re-chargeable battery.

A method for simultaneously wirelessly transmitting power to a handheld medical device and operating the handheld medical device, the method comprising:

• wirelessly transmitting power to the handheld medical device using an antenna of a wireless charging device;
• receiving power wirelessly, using an antenna of the handheld medical device, from the wireless charging device;
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• simultaneously with the wireless receipt of power from the wireless charging device, measuring, using the handheld medical device, a characteristic of a sample of a bodily fluid while the handheld medical device is not connected by wire to any other device.

A system for monitoring one or more characteristics of a bodily fluid, the system comprising:

• a wireless charging device that comprises:
• a wireless power transmitter that receives power via a wire that is connected between the wireless charging device and an external power source and that wirelessly outputs power via an antenna;
• a first wireless data transceiver configured to wirelessly receive data via an antenna;
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• a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller that transmits the data to a computer over the wire;
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• a handheld diabetes management device that cannot be connected to another device or an external power source by wire and that comprises:
• a re-chargeable battery;
• a test strip port for receiving a test strip including a sample of blood;
• a second wireless data transceiver configured to wirelessly receive data via an antenna;
• a wireless power receiver that outputs power received wirelessly, via an antenna, from the wireless power transmitter;
• a battery charging module that selectively charges the re-chargeable battery based on the power received wirelessly from the wireless power transmitter;
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• a measurement module that measures a characteristic of the sample of blood simultaneously with the battery charging module charging the re-chargeable battery.