ALL-IN-ONE DIABETES BLOOD GLUCOSE METER

• US 20120302918A1
• Filed: 12/12/2011
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Dietz
• Original Assignee: William Dietz
• Inventors: Dietz, William
• Application Number:
  US13/323,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20120302918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/583
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150259 Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150412 Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin blade-like piercing elements A61B5/150442
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150519 Details of construction of hub, i.e. element used to attach the single-ended needle to a piercing device or sampling device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150633 Protective sleeves which are axially extensible, e.g. sleeves connected to, or integrated in, the piercing or driving device; pivotable protective sleeves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150725 removal procedure linked to further actions, e.g. cocking of the piercing device, which indicate that the piercing device is used or tempered
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15113 Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15117 comprising biased elements, resilient elements or a spring, e.g. a helical spring, leaf spring, or elastic strap
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1513 comprising linear sliding guides comprising tooth-shaped elements A61B5/15132
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1519 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a portable blood glucose meter reader, including a housing member including an internal spring, a compartment configured to store test strips in alignment with the internal spring, a releasing member configured to dispense one of the plurality of stored test strips, and a plurality of storage members each configured to store a needle.

Claims

1. A portable blood glucose meter, comprising:

a housing member including an internal spring;

a compartment configured to store test strips in alignment with the internal spring;

a releasing member configured to dispense one of the plurality of stored test strips; and

a plurality of storage members each configured to store a needle.

2. The portable blood glucose meter reader of claim 1, wherein the releasing member is a wheel configured to apply pressure to the one of the plurality of stored test strips if the wheel is rotated.

3. The portable blood glucose meter reader of claim 1, wherein the releasing member is a slide bar configured to apply pressure to the one of the plurality of stored test strips if the slide bar is moved from a first position to a second position.

4. The portable blood glucose meter reader of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of storage members is a clip disposed on the housing.

5. The portable blood glucose meter reader of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of storage members is an indentation disposed within the housing.

6. The portable blood glucose meter of claim 1, further comprising a needle deployment mechanism within the blood glucose meter comprising a track with a stopper, a needle housing with a concave outer surface configured to move along the track until the stopper inhibits the needle housing, such that only a tip of the needle protrudes from the needle housing, and a spring configured to compress and decompress to move the needle housing along the track.

7. The portable blood glucose meter of claim 6, wherein a side of the blood glucose meter from which the needle deployment mechanism projects is rounded for rolling along a user'"'"'s skin.