Method and Apparatus for Providing Power Management in Data Communication Systems

• US 20100137698A1
• Filed: 11/24/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Etter, Brad D., Saravia, Heber, Reggiardo, Christopher V., Estoesta, Sheilah S., Park, Hyoung Yoon, Bubrick, Stephen C., Andrews, Tae Wan, Pon, Gene Ming
• Granted Patent: US 8,273,295 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/54 involving glucose or galactose
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/24 Housings ; Casings for instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/245 Housings for sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48778 Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48785 Electrical and electronic details of measuring devices for physical analysis of liquid biological material not specific to a particular test method, e.g. user interface or power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/49 Blood chemical methods for determining blood cell populations G01N33/5094; chemical analysis of blood groups or blood types G01N33/80
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose

Abstract

A blood glucose meter having a compact housing, a display unit disposed on the housing, the display unit including a display light source to illuminate the display unit, an input unit disposed on the housing, the input unit configured to provide input functions for the blood glucose meter, and a power source provided within the housing for providing power to the blood glucose meter, where the housing includes a port integrated on said housing configured to receive a blood glucose test strip, and corresponding methods of measuring blood glucose meter is provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a compact housing including a blood glucose meter interface and a strip port coupled to the blood glucose meter interface, the strip port coupled to the housing and configured to receive a glucose test strip;

a display unit coupled to the housing, the display unit configured to display information related to a blood glucose measurement based on a sample from the glucose test strip;

an input unit disposed on the housing, the input unit configured to provide one or more input functions;

a processing unit configured to control the information displayed on the display unit in response to at least one of the one or more input functions;

a power source provided within the housing for providing power to the display unit and the processing unit; and

a data port coupled to the housing for data transfer to an external device under the control of the processing unit;

wherein the housing includes a light source to illuminate one or more of the display unit or the strip port.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data port includes a universal serial bus (USB) port.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit includes one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a touch sensitive screen, or a plasma display unit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light source is configured to provide one or more of a backlight function or a flashlight function.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light source includes a light emitting diode (LED).

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light source is configured to illuminate a blood sample acquisition site.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the blood sample acquisition site is located substantially on the surface of a patient'"'"'s skin.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the surface of the patient'"'"'s skin is positioned substantially at a predetermined angle from the direction of illumination from the light source.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the predetermined angle is less than 90 degrees.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the blood sample acquisition site is illuminated only during a sample acquisition process.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to illuminate upon detection of the glucose test strip insertion into the strip port.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the display unit is configured to remain illuminated until the glucose test strip is removed from the strip port.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the input unit includes an on/off switch.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is further configured to analyze one or more analyte related data received from an in vivo analyte sensor.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data port is configured to operatively couple to the external device under the control of the processing unit.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the external device includes one or more of a server terminal, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

17. The apparatus of claim 1 further including an output unit coupled to the housing and operatively coupled to the processing unit to output an indication associated with one or more functions controlled at least in part by the processing unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 further including an audible output unit coupled to the housing.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the audible output unit is operatively coupled to the processing unit to output one or more audible signals.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the audible output unit is configured to provide an alert associated with a predetermined event or a reminder.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the predetermined event or reminder includes a schedule associated with performing blood glucose measurement.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the audible output unit is configured to output an alarm indication having a predetermined audible characteristic.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the predetermined audible characteristic includes one or more of a timing of output of the alarm indication relative to a backlight function provided by the light source, a series of audible tones, or a predetermined schedule for outputting the alarm indication.

24. The apparatus of claim 1 further including a memory unit operatively coupled to the processing unit, the memory unit configured to store the information related to the glucose measurements.

25. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to operate in a clock mode, a test mode, a configuration mode, review mode or in one or more combinations thereof.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit is configured to display time and/or date information during the clock mode.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit is configured to execute one or more routines related to blood glucose measurement during the test mode.

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit is configured to execute one or more routines to select a user preference for one or more configurable parameters of the device during the configuration mode.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit is configured to provide stored glucose measurements for review during the review mode.

30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the processing unit is configured to exit one or more of the modes when a predetermined period of non-activity/idle time has elapsed.

31. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to output data as one or more of number, text, symbol or one or more combinations thereof.

32. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data port includes one or more of an infrared data port, a Wi-Fi data port, or a Bluetooth protocol enabled data port.