Analytical system for monitoring a substance to be analyzed in patient-blood

A method for monitoring and analyzing a concentration of a substance in a blood sample of a patient, comprising the steps of:

• applying the blood sample to an analysis element having a reagent thereupon, wherein said reagent reacts with the substance in the blood sample, thereby causing a measurable change in the analysis element correlating with the concentration of the substance;
• measuring the measurable change in the analysis element;
• inputting measurement values of said measurable change into an evaluation instrument for determining sample-analysis data based upon the measured change;
• non-invasively measuring a parameter correlating with the concentration of the substance in the blood of the patient with a portable sensor unit, said step of non-invasively measuring including the steps of irradiating light into living tissue of the patient, and detecting light exiting the living tissue, thereby providing data indicative of a physical light property which varies based upon an interaction of the light with the tissue;
• wirelessly transmitting data signals representing the non-invasively measured value to a receiver which is a part of the evaluation instrument;
• receiving said wirelessly transmitted data signals in the receiver;
• determining sensor-analysis data from the transmitted data signals, said sensor-analysis data representing the concentration of the substance in the blood of the patient.

A method for monitoring and analyzing a concentration, of a substance in a blood sample of a patient, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing an evaluation instrument for evaluating a concentration of a substance in a blood sample, said step of evaluating comprising the steps of
• applying the blood sample to an analysis element having a reagent thereupon, wherein said reagent reacts with the substance in the blood sample, thereby causing a measurable change in the analysis element correlating with the concentration of the substance,
• measuring the measurable change in the analysis element,
• determining sample-analysis data based upon the measured change, inputting the sample-analysis data to said evaluation instrument, thereby providing calibration information therefor;
• said method further comprising the steps of
• non-invasively measuring a parameter correlating with the concentration of the substance in the blood of the patient with a portable sensor unit, said step of non-invasively measuring including the steps of irradiating light into living tissue of the patient, and detecting light exiting the living tissue, thereby providing data indicative of a physical light property which varies based upon an interaction of the light with the tissue;
• wirelessly transmitting data signals representing the non-invasively measured value to a receiver;
• receiving said wirelessly transmitted data signals in the receiver;
• determining sensor-analysis data from the transmitted data signals, said sensor-analysis data representing the concentration of the substance in the blood of the patient.