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US 6,494,830 B1Granted
Handheld controller for monitoring/using medical parameters
AssigneeGuidance Interactive Technologies, Inc.
InventorPaul Wessel
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Abstract
The Invention presents a system and method of combining a medical device, a medical testing procedure, in a combination of hardware and software that provide motivation and digital rewards through a hand held video game controller or other hand held computing device.
Claims7
A medical monitoring system comprising:
- I. A module comprising:
- a. said module having a single mechanical housing that combines both medical diagnostic circuitry and supplemental video game circuitry for motivating or rewarding a user;
- b. a display on the housing for displaying medical test results;
- c. an interface that provides a physical connection from the housing into a hand held computing device;
- d. aperture on the housing wherein the aperture is adapted to allow insertion, retention, and analysis of a medical blood test strip for performing a blood glucose analysis;
- e. a power supply within the housing in the medical diagnostic circuit;
- f. wherein the supplemental video game circuitry comprises a means for receiving an electrical input or a plurality of inputs from the hand held video game controller;
- g. means for electronically sending medical testing results data from medical diagnostic circuitry to the supplemental video game circuitry;
- h. means for temporarily storing the medical test results in a memory location of the supplemental video game circuitry for determination of reward data to motivate a user of the system;
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- i. wherein said interface is used to send reward data from the to the hand held video game controller;
- II. A hand held computing device consisting of:
- a. A distinct operating system, power supply, and physical interface connection that allows for insertion and extraction and execution of different software programs of a particular mechanical interface;
- b. An input device.
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