Analyte monitoring device alarm augmentation system
First Claim
1. An improved glucose monitoring device, said device comprising a durable element and a consumable element, said durable element comprising circuitry and means to provide an audible alert when glucose levels in a subject being monitored are outside of a predetermined range, wherein the improvement comprises modification of the circuitry of the durable element of said device to provide an augmented alarm signal capable of alerting a user of said device to glucose levels outside of a predetermined range, said alarm signal selected from the group consisting of (i) tactile stimulus, (ii) auditory stimulus, (iii) visual stimulus, and (iv) variations and combinations thereof.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for augmenting an alarm signal generated by an analyte monitoring device, e.g., the GlucoWatch® (Cygnus, Inc., Redwood City, Calif.) biographer glucose monitoring device, for improving the alarm signal'"'"'s effectiveness in alerting the user, and/or for communicating the signal to a person or person(s) other than the user, or to a trained assistance animal.
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- 1. An improved glucose monitoring device, said device comprising a durable element and a consumable element, said durable element comprising circuitry and means to provide an audible alert when glucose levels in a subject being monitored are outside of a predetermined range, wherein the improvement comprises modification of the circuitry of the durable element of said device to provide an augmented alarm signal capable of alerting a user of said device to glucose levels outside of a predetermined range, said alarm signal selected from the group consisting of (i) tactile stimulus, (ii) auditory stimulus, (iii) visual stimulus, and (iv) variations and combinations thereof.
- 6. An improved glucose monitoring device, said device comprising a durable element and a consumable element, said durable element comprising circuitry and means to provide an audible alert when glucose levels in a subject being monitored are outside of a predetermined range, wherein the improvement comprises modification of the circuitry of the durable element of said device to provide a connection to a first signaling component for producing alarm signals capable of alerting a user of said device to glucose levels outside of the predetermined range.
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17. An alarm augmentation system for an analyte monitoring device, comprising an analyte monitoring device, said analyte monitoring device comprising
an acquisition unit capable of at least sensing or detecting analyte concentrations or amounts in a subject; - and
a display unit, operably linked to said acquisition unit, wherein (i) said display unit comprises means to provide an audible alert when an analyte level, in a subject being monitored, is outside of a predetermined range, and (ii) said acquisition unit and said display units are separately housed; and
an alarm augmentation system comprising a first signaling component, capable of producing alarm signals to alert a subject in response to analyte levels outside of a predetermined range, said first signaling component operably linked to said display unit.
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