Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100165795 | Medical device with automatic time and date correction - Various exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses are described and illustrated in which time and date of are provided to a medical device via wireless signals to ensure accurate time keeping by the medical device. | 07-01-2010 |
20110208435 | CAPACITANCE DETECTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAYS - A method and system are provided to determine fill sufficiency of a biosensor test chamber by determining capacitance of the test chamber. | 08-25-2011 |
20110296158 | HAND-HELD TEST METER WITH DISRUPTION AVOIDANCE CIRCUITRY - A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip configured for the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes a USB interface, a microcontroller block configured for boot strap loading (BSL) of data into the hand-held test meter via a serial signal and a circuit disruption avoidance block. The circuit disruption avoidance block includes a USB to serial bridge sub-block with (i) a USB input(s), (ii) a serial output(s) configured to provide a serial signal for BSL of data to the microcontroller block; and (iii) a plurality of general purpose input/outputs (GPIO). The circuit disruption avoidance block also includes a BSL enable gate/buffer sub-block. At least two of the GPIO are configured to provide BSL control signals to the microcontroller block via the BSL enable gate/buffer sub-block and the USB to serial bridge sub-block is configured to send the data to the microcontroller block via the at least one serial output. | 12-01-2011 |
20110301861 | CAPACITANCE DETECTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAY WITH IMPROVED SAMPLING TIME OFFSET - A method and system are provided to determine fill sufficiency of an electrochemical biosensor test cell by determining capacitance of the electrochemical test cell. | 12-08-2011 |
20110309846 | CAPACITANCE DETECTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAY WITH IMPROVED RESPONSE - Methods and systems are provided to determine capacitance of the electrochemical test cell. | 12-22-2011 |
20120312082 | DIFFERENTIABLE ANALYTICAL TEST STRIP AND TEST METER COMBINATION - An analytical test strip (“ATS”) and test meter (“TM”) combination for use in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes an ATS and a TM, and a method for determination therewith. The ATS has an electrode, a first electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the electrode and configured to communicate its electrical response to the TM; a second electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the electrode and configured to communicate its electrical response to the TM should the TM be in electrical communication with the second electrical contact pad and a third electrical contact pad. The second electrical contact pad has electrical continuity with the first electrical contact pad and the first and second electrical contact pads are integrated as a unified electrical contact pad and disposed in either of first and second predetermined spatial relationships with respect to the third electrical contact pad. | 12-13-2012 |
20120312699 | DIFFERENTIABLE ANALYTICAL TEST STRIP AND TEST METER COMBINATION - An analytical test strip and test meter combination for use in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes an analytical test strip and a test meter, and a method for determination thereof. The analytical test strip has an electrode, a first electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the electrode and configured to communicate an electrical response of the electrode to the test meter; and a second electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the electrode and configured to communicate an electrical response of the electrode to the test meter should the test meter be in electrical communication with the second electrical contact pad. In addition, the second electrical contact pad has electrical continuity with the first electrical contact pad and the first and second electrical contact pads are disposed in either of first and second predetermined spatial relationships to one another. | 12-13-2012 |
20130084589 | HAND-HELD TEST METER WITH PHASE-SHIFT-BASED HEMATOCRIT MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT - A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes a housing; a microcontroller block disposed in the housing; and a phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block. The phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block includes a signal generation sub-block, a low pass filter sub-block, an analytical test strip sample cell interface sub-block, a transimpedance amplifier sub-block, and a phase detector sub-block. In addition, the phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block and microcontroller block are configured to measure the phase shift of a bodily fluid sample in a sample cell of an analytical test strip inserted in the hand-held test meter and the microcontroller block is configured to compute the hematocrit of the bodily fluid sample based on the measured phase shift. | 04-04-2013 |
20140059360 | POWER SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT IN AN ANALYTE DEVICE HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BATTERIES - Described herein are systems and methods (including system and method) to allow users of analyte monitors to continue to perform analyte measurement tests by using a secondary battery when the main battery is exhausted. By using applicants' technique, the monitor can be used for twice as long as compared to a monitor that only relies on a single battery as the only power supply. Moreover, applicants have devised systems and methods to indicate to the user which of the primary and secondary batteries should be replaced without disrupting the utilization of the monitor. | 02-27-2014 |
20140134655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE VOLUME DURING INITIAL SAMPLE FILL OF A BIOSENSOR TO DETERMINE GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION IN FLUID SAMPLES OR SAMPLE FILL ERROR - Described are methods and systems to allow for a determination of when a sample has substantially stopped filling a test chamber so that a test sequence timer can be initiated at the appropriate time point for assaying of a biosensor. This determination can also be used to evaluate whether the biosensor has been filled with additional fluid samples after an initial fill of the biosensor. These methods and systems allow for a more accurate analyte test result. | 05-15-2014 |
20140174953 | HAND-HELD TEST METER CONFIGURED FOR DISTINGUISHING ORIENTATION OF ANALYTICAL TEST STRIP INSERTION - A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip (such as an electrochemical-based analytical test strip) in the determination of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (such as a whole blood sample) includes a housing, a display block, a micro-controller disposed in the housing, a strip detection circuit block disposed in the housing, and a strip port connector with a test strip insertion detector(s). The test strip insertion detector(s) and strip detection circuit block are configured to detect the insertion of an analytical test strip into the strip port connector and send an insertion signal to the micro-controller upon such detection. In addition, the micro-controller is configured to receive the insertion signal, distinguish an orientation of analytical test strip insertion based on at least the insertion signal and signal the display module to display a predetermined message to a user based on the distinguished orientation of analytical test strip insertion. | 06-26-2014 |
20140238874 | AMBIENT LIGHT COMPENSATION CIRCUIT FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - A blood analyte measurement system is configured to receive a test strip. An LED proximate to the test strip is used to illuminate the test strip and, in conjunction with a photodiode, to determine its type. A compensation circuit of the measurement system insures that ambient light does not cause interference with the LED illumination to prevent saturation of the photodiode. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240359 | PORTABLE ANALYTE METER WITH ENHANCED MEASUREMENT DISPLAY - A medical testing device performs a test measurement on a sample from a user of the device and displays alphanumeric characters representative of the test measurement. The device includes a display screen integrated within the housing for displaying the alphanumeric characters when the device is held by the user in a first orientation. The alphanumeric characters are not discernable if the device is held by the user in a second orientation. | 08-28-2014 |
20140269216 | METHOD TO ALLOW FOR LINKING TEMPORAL RECORD WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT IN BUTTONLESS PHYSIOLOGICAL METERS - Described are methods and systems to allow the use of a very simple physiological meter without a user input interface (i.e., buttonless) while maintaining the ability to store time linked measurement records for retrospective or prospective analysis of the measured physiological measurements. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272861 | PATCH PUMP TRAINING DEVICE - Described are methods and systems to train a user in the proper operation of a manual patch pump to ensure that the user can attach the patch pump to a suitable location on the skin of the user and actuate the pump correctly in accordance with a prescribed dosing schedule or a self-calculated dosing schedule. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299483 | ANALYTE METER AND METHOD OF OPERATION - An analyte meter having a test strip port is configured to transmit an electric signal through a received test strip with a sample. A pair of electrodes apply the electric signal and receive an electrical response from the test strip. A processing unit analyzes the electrical response and uses the response to determine an analyte level of the sample. | 10-09-2014 |
20140318986 | ANALYTE METER DIGITAL SAMPLE DETECTION - An analyte meter is configured to digitally test for the presence of a test strip in the meter and for the presence of a sample in the test strip prior to activating an analog current measurement circuit of the meter. A test strip port connector having a plurality of contacts receives an inserted test strip in which the contacts electrically connect to electrodes on the test strip for digitally detecting both the presence of a test strip and a sample added to the test strip. A control circuit monitoring the contacts maintains the analyte meter in a low power mode until detecting both the test strip and the sample, whereupon the control circuit activates the meter and enables an analog analyte measurement circuit. | 10-30-2014 |
20140326614 | ANALYTICAL TEST METER - A portable analytical test meter is designed for use with an associated analytical test strip. A test-strip-receiving module receives the analytical test strip and is electrically connected to a dummy load calibration circuit block. That block is configured to provide a dummy magnitude correction and a dummy phase correction; and a memory block is configured to store the dummy magnitude correction and the dummy phase correction. A method for calibrating a portable analytical test meter for use with an analytical test strip includes determining a dummy magnitude correction and a dummy phase correction of the portable analytical test meter using a dummy load calibration circuit block of the portable analytical test meter. The dummy magnitude correction and the dummy phase correction are stored in a memory block of the portable analytical test meter. Using the stored dummy magnitude correction and stored dummy phase correction, an analyte is determined. | 11-06-2014 |
20140332415 | CAPACITANCE DETECTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAY - A method and system are provided to determine fill sufficiency of a biosensor test chamber by determining capacitance of the test chamber. | 11-13-2014 |
20140353176 | HAND-HELD TEST METER WITH TIME-MULTIPLEXED PHASE DETECTION - A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip in determining an analyte in a fluid sample includes a housing retaining a microcontroller block and a phase-shift-measurement block. The measurement block includes a signal-generation sub-block that provides an excitation voltage signal; an interface sub-block that receives the analytical test strip and permits applying the voltage excitation signal to the test strip to provide a resultant current signal; a transimpedance conversion sub-block that receives the resultant current signal and provides a resultant voltage signal; and a phase detector responsive to the resultant voltage signal and a reference signal. The microcontroller block successively provides 0°- and 90°-phase reference signals as the reference to the phase detector to measure in-phase and quadrature components and determine a phase shift corresponding to a fluid sample in the received analytical test strip. | 12-04-2014 |
20150050678 | MODULAR ANALYTICAL TEST METER - A modular analytical test meter includes a meter chassis or body and a plug-in analytical module that is electrically and mechanically attached in a releasable fashion to the meter chassis. When attached, the plug-in analytical module includes resident circuitry configured to measure for an analyte of interest from an analytical test strip, the module further including stored coded information such as firmware updates that can be utilized by the existing test meter without requiring replacement of an entire system. | 02-19-2015 |
20150073718 | PHASE-DIFFERENCE DETERMINATION USING TEST METER - A hand-held test meter includes a strip port connector to receive a test strip. A signal-measurement circuit applies a periodic voltage signal across a sample applied to the strip and detects a resulting current signal. The circuit provides data of the current signal at a digitizing frequency and a selected phase with respect to the voltage signal. A processor records one or more value(s) of the data and then alters the selected phase. Value(s) are thus recorded at each of a plurality of phases. The processor determines a phase difference of the current signal with respect to the voltage signal using the respective sets of value(s). A method for employing a test meter and a test strip is also disclosed, and includes measuring a respective plurality of points for each of a plurality of different measurement phases and determining a phase difference of a fluid sample therefrom. | 03-12-2015 |
20150083609 | ANALYTICAL TEST STRIP WITH INTEGRATED BATTERY - A test strip for use with an analyte meter comprises an integrated power source, such as a battery wherein the test strip is configured upon insertion into the meter to provide sufficient power for completing a sample assay without requiring a separate power source in the meter. | 03-26-2015 |