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US 9,177,456 B2Granted
Analyte monitoring system and methods
AssigneeAbbott Diabetes Care Inc.
InventorsMartin J. Fennell, Lei He, Mark Kent Sloan
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- sampling analyte level with an analyte sensor in fluid contact with interstitial fluid under a skin surface, the analyte sensor powered with a power supply of sensor electronics operatively coupled to the analyte sensor;
- converting the sampled analyte level into data signals for data transmission, each data signal corresponding to sampled analyte level;
- incrementing a count associated with the data signals converted from the sampled analyte level for data transmission;
- storing the count and the data signals;
- and
- estimating a level of power in the power supply based on the count.
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A data processing device, comprising:
- an analyte sensor in fluid contact with interstitial fluid under a skin surface configured to sample an analyte level in the interstitial fluid;
- a power supply operatively coupled to the analyte sensor and configure to power the analyte sensor;
- a counter;
- a data communication unit;
- and
- a data processing unit coupled to the data communication unit and the counter, the data processing unit configured to convert the sampled analyte level into data signals, each data signal corresponding to sampled analyte level, the data processing unit further configured to increment a count associated with the data signals converted from the sampled analyte level for transmission by the data communication unit, and to estimate a level of power in the power supply based on the count.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.