Wireless blood glucose monitoring system
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1. A system for predicting blood glucose values in a patient, comprising:
- a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device configured for generating a spectral scan of a body part of the patient;
a remote invasive device configured for generating a constituent value for the patient; and
a central processing device configured for predicting a blood glucose value for the patient based upon the spectral scan and the constituent value.
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Abstract
A system for predicting blood glucose values in a patient includes a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device, the remote wireless non-invasive spectral device generating a spectral scan of a body part of the patient. Also included are a remote invasive device and a central processing device. The remote invasive device generates a constituent value for the patient, while the central processing device predicts a blood glucose value for the patient based upon the spectral scan and the constituent value.
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1. A system for predicting blood glucose values in a patient, comprising:
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a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device configured for generating a spectral scan of a body part of the patient;
a remote invasive device configured for generating a constituent value for the patient; and
a central processing device configured for predicting a blood glucose value for the patient based upon the spectral scan and the constituent value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A system for predicting blood glucose values in a patient, comprising:
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a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device configured for generating a spectral scan of a body part the patient;
a remote invasive device configured for generating a constituent value for the patient; and
a central processing device configured for receiving the spectral scan from the remote wireless non-invasive spectral device and for storing a modeling equation for predicting blood glucose values in the patient, the central processing device predicting a blood glucose value for the patient based upon the spectral scan and the modeling equation, the central processing device regenerating the modeling equation based upon a plurality of spectral scans of the patient from the remote wireless non-invasive spectral device and a corresponding plurality of constituent values for the patient from the remote invasive device, and predicting a blood glucose value for the patient based upon a subsequent non-invasive spectral scan of the patient with the remote wireless non-invasive spectral device and the regenerated modeling equation.
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67. A method for predicting blood glucose values in a patient, comprising:
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generating a spectral scan of a body part the patient using a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device;
generating a constituent value for the patient using a remote invasive device; and
predicting a blood glucose value for the patient using a central processing device based upon the spectral scan and the constituent value. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. An automated method for predicting blood glucose values using a noninvasive spectroscopic technique, comprising the steps of:
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(a) taking a plurality of measurements of a patient'"'"'s blood glucose levels using a noninvasive spectral device and an invasive glucose monitoring method;
(b) associating a constituent value measured by the invasive glucose monitoring method with the blood glucose level measured by the spectral device;
(c) dividing the plurality of spectral scans and constituent values into a calibration subset and a validation subset;
(d) transforming the spectral scans in the calibration sub-set and the validation subset by applying a plurality of a first mathematical function to the calibration sub-set and the validation sub-set to obtain a plurality of transformed validation data sub-sets and a plurality of transformed calibration sub-sets;
(e) resolving each transformed calibration data sub-set in step (d) by at least one of a second mathematical function to generate a plurality of modeling equations; and
(f) selecting a best modeling equation of the plurality of modeling equations;
(g) storing the best modeling equation in a central computer;
(h) acquiring a spectral scan from the patient using a remote wireless noninvasive spectral device;
(i) transmitting the spectral scan from step (h) to the central computer of step (g);
(j) predicting the patient'"'"'s blood glucose level using the best modeling equation; and
(k) regenerating the best modeling equation if the spectral scan falls outside a range for the modeling equation. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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