Integrated blood glucose measuring device

• US 20120310114A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Original Assignee: Tara Chand Singhal
• Inventors: Singhal, Tara Chand
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,892 B2
• 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 5/1468 using chemical or electrochemical methods, e.g. by polarographic means A61B5/1486 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48757 Test elements dispensed from a stack

Abstract

An integrated blood glucose measuring device is described that has blood glucose metering device, a glucose metering test strip storage mechanism attachable to the metering device, a test strip feeding mechanism for feeding a single test strip from the storage mechanism for blood intake. The metering device, the test strip storage mechanism and the test strip feeding mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement. In another embodiment, a lancet mechanism is attachable to a side of the metering device and thus the metering device, the storage mechanism, the test strip feeding mechanism, and the lancet mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

Claims

1. A blood glucose measuring device, comprising:

a. a blood glucose metering device;

b. a test strip storage mechanism attached to the metering device;

c. a test strip feeding mechanism for feeding a single test strip from the storage mechanism directly into the metering device, the metering device, the test strip storage mechanism and the test strip feeding mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

2. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 1, further, comprising:

a. a lancet mechanism attached to a side of the metering device;

b. the metering device, the storage mechanism, the test strip feeding mechanism, and the lancet mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

3. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 1, the storage mechanism comprising:

a. the storage mechanism uses a rectangular shaped compartment for storage of a stack of test strips;

b. the compartment has a back side and a front side, where a electrical contact side of the test strip is positioned on the back side and a blood intake side is positioned on the front side;

c. the compartment has a bottom side with a spring mechanism for pushing the test strips up and a top side for holding a single test strip for use for blood intake, the top side has guides for holding and guiding a single test strip from the stack of test strips, when the feeding mechanism is used to feed the test strip for blood intake.

4. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 3, further comprising:

the storage mechanism has dual compartments for storing a dual stack for enhanced storage capacity, where each compartment is sized to hold multiple test strips in a stack.

5. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 3, further comprising:

the blood glucose metering device, with electrical contacts for a metering test strip, has those electrical contacts positioned on the metering device to make electrical contact with the test strip, when the test strip is extended out of the storage mechanism for blood intake.

6. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 1, further comprising:

the feeding mechanism has a spring loaded lever that pushes a top positioned test strip in the storage chamber forward a distance that enables (i) the test strip'"'"'s electrical contacts to make electrical contacts with the metering device, and (ii) extend the blood intake side of the test strip out of the storage mechanism for blood intake.

7. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 6, further comprising:

there are two independent feeding mechanisms when the storage mechanism has dual storage compartments, one each for each compartment.

8. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 6, further comprising:

the spring loaded lever has a horizontally positioned on a top side of the meter, a slide plate, a slide guide, a vertical member attached to underneath the slide plate, and a horizontal member attached to the vertical member, wherein the horizontal member pushes a single test strip out of the storage mechanism.

9. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 1, further comprising:

the metering test strip is of a thickness that enables the test strip feeding mechanism to engage one test strip at a time for feeding from the storage mechanism.

10. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 2, the lancet mechanism, further, comprising:

the lancet mechanism is of dimension in length and girth size that would be attachable to the back side of the metering device and fit within in the contour of the measuring device.

11. A blood glucose measuring device, comprising:

a. a blood glucose metering device;

b. a glucose metering test strip storage mechanism attachable to the metering device;

c. a manual test strip feeding mechanism for feeding a single test strip from the storage mechanism for blood intake into the meter by manually removing the test strip from the storage and inserting the test strip in the meter, the metering device, the test strip storage mechanism and the test strip feeding mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

12. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 11, further, comprising:

a. a lancet mechanism attachable to a side of the metering device;

b. the metering device, the storage mechanism, the test strip feeding mechanism, and the lancet mechanism are integrated into a single device for blood glucose measurement.

13. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 11, the storage mechanism comprising:

a. the storage mechanism uses a rectangular shaped compartment for storage of a stack of test strips;

b. the compartment has a back side and a front side, where a electrical contact side of the test strip is positioned on the back side and a blood intake side is positioned on the front side;

c. the compartment has a bottom side with a spring mechanism for pushing the test strips up and a top side for holding a single test strip for use for blood intake, the top side has guides for holding and guiding a single test strip from the stack of test strips, when the feeding mechanism is used to feed the test strip for blood intake.

14. The blood glucose measuring device, as in claim 13, further comprising:

the storage mechanism has dual compartments for storing a dual stack for enhanced storage capacity, where each compartment is sized to hold multiple test strips in a stack.

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