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US 7,041,468 B2Granted
Blood glucose tracking apparatus and methods
AssigneeTheraSense, Inc.
InventorsSteven Drucker, Charles T. Liamos, Fredric Colman, Mark Lortz, Kelley Lipman, Feng Jiang, Henrik Bacho
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Abstract
A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion.
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A measurement module for glucose testing comprising:
- (a) a test strip receptacle in a glucose measurement module system;
- (b) a connector portion formed in the module shaped to permit connection of the module to a hand-held computer by inserting the connector portion of the glucose measurement module into a receptacle defined within the hand-held computer;
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- (c) a housing including a connector portion end and a test strip receptacle end which is substantially narrower than the connector portion end for facilitating off-finger/alternate site testing.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after the test sensor is coupled with the measurement module and glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) a measurement module housing including a connector portion end and a test strip receptacle end which is substantially narrower than the connector portion end for facilitating off-finger/alternate site testing.
A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module not having a display for displaying results of glucose measurements, the module including a test strip receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
- (b) a hand-held processing device configured to receive data transmission from the measurement module, the measurement module and the processing device forming a detachably integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is coupled with the measurement module and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, the processing device comprising a display for displaying said results of said glucose measurements;
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- (c) a measurement module housing including a connector portion end and a test strip receptacle end which is substantially narrower than the connector portion end for facilitating off-finger/alternate site testing.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device configured to receive a data transmission from the measurement module, the measurement module and processing device forming a detachably integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement, the processing device being configured for automatically receiving said data transmission after the test sensor is coupled with the measurement module and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor;
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- (c) a measurement module housing including a connector portion end and a test strip receptacle end which is substantially narrower than the connector portion end for facilitating off-finger/alternate site testing.
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A method of performing glucose measurement using a measurement module and a processing device, comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling the processing device electrically and mechanically with the measurement module to form a detachably integrated, hand-held unit for electrochemically performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a side-filled test sensor is inserted into the measurement module;
- (b) coupling the test sensor with the measurement module;
- (c) applying a glucose-containing sample to the side-filled test sensor by contacting a side of the test sensor to the sample;
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- (d) reading a glucose level from a display on the integrated hand-held unit.
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A method of performing a glucose measurement using a measurement module and a hand-held processing device, comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting the measurement module into a receptacle defined within the processing device for the processing device to receive a data transmission from the measurement module, such that the measurement module and the processing device farm a detachably integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a side-filled test sensor is inserted into the measurement module;
- (b) coupling the side-filled test sensor with the measurement module;
- (c) applying a glucose-containing sample to the side-filled test sensor by contacting a side of the test sensor with the sample;
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- (d) reading a glucose level from a display on the processing device.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is inserted and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) wherein the measurement module is further geometrically configured to enable off-finger/alternate site application of the glucose-containing sample to the test strip.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising an electrochemical side-fill glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is inserted and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) wherein portions of the measurement module exposed to a user include no sharp corners.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is inserted and a glucose-containing sample Is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) wherein portions of the measurement module exposed to a user are rounded in at least two dimensions for providing smooth off-finger/alternate site points of contact with the skin of a user.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is inserted and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) wherein the measurement module includes a telescoping trapezoidal profile for permitting placement of a test strip inserted within said module at an off-finger/alternate site location of a person being tested.
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A glucose monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a measurement module comprising a glucose test sensor receptacle in a glucose measurement system;
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- (b) a hand-held processing device electrically and mechanically coupled with the measurement module to form an integrated, hand-held unit for performing and analyzing a glucose measurement after a test sensor is inserted and a glucose-containing sample is applied to the test sensor, and
- (c) wherein the measurement module comprises an encapsulation port for said test sensor and a PC board, and wherein the measurement module extends less than two inches in length and less than one half inch in thickness beyond dimensions of the processing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.