Measurement apparatus

Abstract

A system for measuring the blood glucose level in a sample of a patient's blood. Consumable test strips (5) are provided together with a code (7) which identifies the manufacturing batch of the strip (5). A measurement unit (2) is provided and is coupled to a mobile telephone (1). The measurement unit (2) is arranged to receive a test strip (5) and to determine a color change in a reagent (4) due to reaction of the reagent (4) with a blood sample. The identification code (7) is read at the same time by the measurement unit (3) and is transmitted by the mobile telephone (1) to a central database (9) provided by the test strip manufacturer. The database (9) contains identification codes (7) together with associated calibration data. Upon receipt of an identification code (7), the remote database (9) transmits the associated calibration data to the mobile telephone (1) which uses the calibration data to calculate a test result from the measured change in color. The result can be displayed to the patient on a display of the telephone (1).

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