A health monitoring or diagnostic system comprising a reader unit
OwnerPaul CHRISTIE, Glen TYRRELLinventors
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Abstract
A diagnostics system comprising: a reader unit configured to connect to, and read a signal from, a sensor unit configured to sense a biomarker within a biological sample, the reader unit comprising a control unit configured to control the reader unit; a user computer device configured to be operated by a user of the diagnostic system and configured to exchange data with and provide instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit, wherein the control unit is configured to communicate information about an identity of the sensor unit to the user computer device and the user computer device is configured to provide instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit based on the identity of the sensor unit.
Claims19
A health monitoring or diagnostics system comprising:
- a reader unit configured to connect to, and read a signal from, a sensor unit configured to sense a biomarker within a biological sample, the reader unit comprising a control unit configured to control the reader unit;
- a user computer device configured to be operated by a user of the diagnostic system and configured to exchange data with and provide instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit,
- wherein the control unit is configured to communicate information about an identity of the sensor unit to the user computer device and the user computer device is configured to provide instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit based on the identity of the sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the reader unit to provide a voltage to the sensor unit, the instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit include a level of the voltage, and the level of the voltage is determined based on the information about the identity of the sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the reader unit to perform signal processing on a signal received from the sensor unit, the instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit include a type of signal processing, and the type of signal processing is based on the information about the identity of the sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the user computer device is configured to determine the type of sensor unit, based on the information about the identity of the sensor unit, and provide instructions to the control unit based on the type of the sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the user computer device is configured to determine whether the user is authorised to use the sensor unit, based on the information about the identity of the sensor unit, and provide instructions to the control unit based on whether the user is authorised to use the sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the user computer device is configured to determine whether the sensor unit is valid, based on the information about the identity of the sensor unit, and provide instructions to the control unit based on whether the sensor unit is valid.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the control unit is configured to communicate information about an identity of the reader unit to the user computer device and the user computer device is configured to provide instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit based on the identity of the reader unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim, comprising a host computer device configured to exchange data with the user computer device,
- wherein the instructions provided by the user computer user device to the control unit are based on data from the host computer device.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the reader unit and the sensor unit comprise respective interfaces configured to provide a connection between the reader unit and the sensor unit, the respective interfaces being configured to detachably connect such that the sensor unit can be interchanged with a different sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the user computer device is provided separately from the reader unit and is connected wirelessly thereto.
The health monitoring or diagnostic system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the reader unit is operable in a plurality of different modes, each different mode corresponding to a different type of sensor unit.
The health monitoring or diagnostics system of any preceding claim,
- wherein the system is configured to determine, based on the signal from the sensor unit, whether the biological sample is indicative of a particular state of health or disease.
A health monitoring or diagnostics method comprising:
- connecting a sensor unit configured to sense a biomarker within a biological sample to a reader unit comprising a control unit configured to control the reader unit;
- the control unit communicating information about an identity of the sensor unit to a user computer device operated by a user of the diagnostic system, and the user computer device providing instructions to the control unit for controlling the reader unit based on the identity of the sensor unit;
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- the reader unit reading a signal from the sensor unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.