System and method for managing health data
First Claim
1. A system for securing health data, comprising:
- a blood glucose meter including;
a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein;
a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system coupled with the test sensor when the test sensor is received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine a glucose concentration measurement of a blood sample received by the test sensor; and
a data storage system disposed within the housing, the data storage system including a first memory device storing a data-management application and a second memory device storing health data, the health data including glucose concentration measurements determined by the at least one processor of the measurement system from the blood sample received by the test sensor; and
a processing device configured to (i) establish data communications with the blood glucose meter via a data communications interface, (ii) read the data-management application from the first memory device, (iii) read the health data from the second memory device, and (iv) execute the data-management application to process the health data, wherein all other applications executing on the processing device are prevented from accessing the health data stored in the second memory device of the data storage system by the blood glucose meter and the read health data.
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Abstract
A portable data-management system may be easily employed with multiple processing devices by eliminating the need to pre-install additional programs, agents, device drivers, or other software components on the hosts. A portable storage device contains software for a data-management application, which receives and processes test data from a meter that measures an analyte. The portable device may employ an interface protocol that makes the portable device immediately compatible with different operating systems and hardware configurations. Once the portable device is connected to the host, the data-management application can be automatically launched. The convenience and portability of a data-management system may be enhanced by integrating advanced data processing and display features with the portable device. The users may access some advanced presentations of health data without having to launch the data-management application on a separate host.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for securing health data, comprising:
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a blood glucose meter including; a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein; a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system coupled with the test sensor when the test sensor is received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine a glucose concentration measurement of a blood sample received by the test sensor; and a data storage system disposed within the housing, the data storage system including a first memory device storing a data-management application and a second memory device storing health data, the health data including glucose concentration measurements determined by the at least one processor of the measurement system from the blood sample received by the test sensor; and a processing device configured to (i) establish data communications with the blood glucose meter via a data communications interface, (ii) read the data-management application from the first memory device, (iii) read the health data from the second memory device, and (iv) execute the data-management application to process the health data, wherein all other applications executing on the processing device are prevented from accessing the health data stored in the second memory device of the data storage system by the blood glucose meter and the read health data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for securing health data, comprising:
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receiving a test sensor in a port of a housing of a blood glucose meter such that the test sensor is coupled with a measurement system of the blood glucose meter; receiving a blood sample via the test sensor; in response to the receiving the blood sample, executing program instructions, via at least one processor of the blood glucose meter, to determine a first glucose concentration measurement of the received blood sample; storing the determined first glucose concentration measurement in a data storage system of the blood glucose meter, the data storage system including a first memory device storing a data-management application and a second memory device storing glucose concentration measurements including the determined first glucose concentration measurement of the received blood sample via the test sensor; establishing by a processing device, for a first time, data communications with the blood glucose meter via a data communications interface; and in response to the establishing of the data communications with the blood glucose meter for the first time, (i) reading, with the processing device, the data-management application from the first memory device;
(ii) reading with the processing device, the glucose concentration measurements from the second memory device; and
(iii) executing, by the processing device, the data-management application to process the glucose concentration measurements, wherein the blood glucose meter is configured to prevent all other applications executing on the processing device from accessing the stored glucose concentration measurements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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