Method and a device for measuring glucose
First Claim
1. A device for measuring a glucose level in a sample comprising a probe (5) having an end (6) to be applied to the sample, a pulse generator (2) for generating electric pulses in the probe (5), a measuring device (7) for measuring pulses reflected from the end of the probe (5), and an analyzer (8) for determining at least one parameter (Q, V, IQ, ε
- *) of the reflected pulses measured by the measuring device (7) and for determining the glucose level from said parameter.
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Abstract
In order to measure the glucose level in the body tissue of a subject (1), a probe (5) is applied the subject'"'"'s skin. Electric pulses from a pulse generator (2) are fed to the probe and partially reflected back to a measuring device (7), where a time resolved measurement is made. The charge obtained from an integration of the measured voltage is transformed to a glucose level using data from a calibration table (9). This method allows to monitor glucose non-invasively.
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11 Claims
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1. A device for measuring a glucose level in a sample comprising
a probe (5) having an end (6) to be applied to the sample, a pulse generator (2) for generating electric pulses in the probe (5), a measuring device (7) for measuring pulses reflected from the end of the probe (5), and an analyzer (8) for determining at least one parameter (Q, V, IQ, ε - *) of the reflected pulses measured by the measuring device (7) and for determining the glucose level from said parameter.
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11. A method for measuring a glucose level in a sample comprising
applying an end (6) of a probe (5) to the sample, feeding electric pulses to the probe (5), measuring a voltage (V) depending on pulses reflected from the end of the probe (5), and determining at least one parameter (Q, V, IQ, ε - *) of the voltage and determining the glucose level from said parameter.
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