Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080318193 | MEDICAL TRAINING AID DEVICE FOR TRAINING A USER IN RECOGNITION OF THE USER'S BODILY FLUID ANALYTE CONCENTRATION AND CONCENTRATION TRENDS VIA USER-PERCEIVED SENSATIONS - A device for training a user in recognition of the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration and concentration trends (such as the user's whole blood glucose concentration and concentration trends) includes an analyte monitoring module, a control module and a sensation generation module. The analyte monitoring module is configured to monitor the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration and to output a monitor signal corresponding to the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration. The control module is configured to receive the monitor signal, convert the monitor signal into a sensation instruction signal corresponding to the user' bodily fluid analyte concentration, and output the sensation instruction signal. The sensation generation module configured to receive the sensation instruction signal and to generate a user-perceived sensation (e.g., a user-perceived vibratory sensation) corresponding to the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration. Moreover, the user-perceived sensation is proportional to the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner and is generated at predetermined time intervals. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319284 | METHOD FOR TRAINING A USER IN RECOGNITION OF THE USER'S BODILY FLUID ANALYTE CONCENTRATION AND CONCENTRATION TRENDS VIA USER-PERCEIVED SENSATIONS - A method for training a user in recognition of the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration and concentration trends includes monitoring a user's bodily fluid analyte concentration (for example, a user's whole blood glucose concentration) with an analyte monitoring module of a device for training a user in recognition of the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration. The method also includes generating, at a predetermined time interval, using a generation module of the device, a user-perceived sensation (e.g., a user-perceived vibratory sensation) that is proportional the user's bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner. | 12-25-2008 |
20090208734 | TEST STRIPS, METHODS, AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING TEST STRIP LOTS HAVING A PREDETERMINED CALIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC - Various embodiments of a technique in which test strip lots can be prepared without requiring a user to input any calibration information before performing a test measurement with a test strip from the test strip lots. In a first aspect, a method of manufacturing a plurality of test strips by adjusting amount of mediators and working electrode area is described. In another aspect, a method of preparing a reagent ink by adjusting the density of the reagent ink to substantially match a target density is described. In a further aspect, a method using a high numerical Shores Hardness squeegee in conjunction with high pressure is provided. In a further aspect, a method of performing an analyte measurement with a test meter, the test meter being configured to not receive a calibration input, and where the test strip manufactured to any one of the methods or techniques described and illustrated herein. | 08-20-2009 |
20110005941 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION USING SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS - A method for determining an analyte concentration in blood is described that reduces the effects of hematocrit using a test strip attached to a test meter. The test strip includes a working electrode and a reference electrode. The test meter applies a test voltage between the working electrode and the reference electrode. After a user applies a blood sample containing an analyte onto the test strip, the test meter measures a plurality of test currents for a test time interval. | 01-13-2011 |
20120043204 | ENZYMATIC REAGENT INKS FOR USE IN TEST STRIPS HAVING A PREDETERMINED CALIBRATION CODE - The invention provides an enzyme ink useful in test strips that provides a test strip bias, at the low and high glucose ends, falling within a desired target range. The ink of the invention permits an improved method for the production of single calibration code strip lots with good yields. | 02-23-2012 |
20120199498 | ELECTROCHEMICAL-BASED ANALYTICAL TEST STRIP WITH GRADED ENZYMATIC REAGENT LAYER AND RELATED METHODS - An electrochemical-based analytical test strip for the determination of an analyte (such as glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (e.g., a whole blood sample) includes an electrically-insulating substrate, at least one working electrode disposed on the electrically-insulating substrate and a graded enzymatic reagent layer disposed on the at least one working electrode. The graded enzymatic reagent layer includes an upper reaction grade that contains an enzyme. The graded enzymatic layer also has a lower spacer grade devoid of the enzyme, the lower spacer grade disposed between the upper reaction grade and the working electrode such that the upper reaction grade is spaced equidistant from the working electrode by the lower spacer grade by a predetermined distance during use of the electrochemical-based analytical test strip. In addition, the upper reaction grade is configured and constituted such that an enzymatic reaction between the enzyme and a bodily fluid sample applied to the electrochemical-based analytical test strip is localized in the upper reaction grade and the lower spacer grade has predetermined mass transport characteristics for a component of the enzymatic reaction that cause mass transport of the component through the lower spacer grade to the working electrode to be slower than mass transport of the analyte through the bodily fluid sample to the upper reaction grade. A method for determining an analyte (such as glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (for example, a whole blood sample) includes applying a bodily fluid sample to such an electrochemical-based analytical test strip. | 08-09-2012 |
20120261258 | TEST STRIPS, METHODS, AND SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING TEST STRIP LOTS HAVING A PREDETERMINED CALIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC - Various embodiments of a technique in which test strip lots can be prepared without requiring a user to input any calibration information before performing a test measurement with a test strip from the test strip lots. In a first aspect, a method of manufacturing a plurality of test strips by adjusting amount of mediators and working electrode area is described. In another aspect, a method of preparing a reagent ink by adjusting the density of the reagent ink to substantially match a target density is described. In a further aspect, a method using a high numerical Shores Hardness squeegee in conjunction with high pressure is provided. In a further aspect, a method of performing an analyte measurement with a test meter, the test meter being configured to not receive a calibration input, and where the test strip manufactured to any one of the methods or techniques described and illustrated herein. | 10-18-2012 |