Orthogonally Redundant Sensor Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. A continuous glucose monitoring system comprising:
- an orthogonally redundant glucose sensor, comprising;
an optical glucose sensor having a proximal portion that is disposed externally to a body of a user and a distal portion for internal placement in the user'"'"'s body, wherein the optical glucose sensor includes an assay having a glucose receptor, a glucose analog, and a first fluorophore; and
a non-optical glucose sensor having a proximal portion that is disposed externally to the user'"'"'s body and a distal portion for internal placement in the user'"'"'s body;
a hand-held monitor having a display; and
an external transmitter having a housing that houses the proximal portion of the optical glucose sensor and the proximal portion of the non-optical glucose sensor, wherein the transmitter includes instrumentation in said housing to receive an optical signal from the optical sensor and a non-optical signal from the non-optical sensor and to convert each of said optical and non-optical signals to respective glucose values, and wherein the transmitter wirelessly transmits said respective glucose values.
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Abstract
A continuous glucose monitoring system may include a hand-held monitor, a transmitter, an insulin pump, and an orthogonally redundant glucose sensor, which may comprise an optical glucose sensor and a non-optical glucose sensor. The former may be a fiber optical sensor, including a competitive glucose binding affinity assay with a glucose analog and a fluorophore-labeled glucose receptor, which is interrogated by an optical interrogating system, e.g., a stacked planar integrated optical system. The non-optical sensor may be an electrochemical sensor having a plurality of electrodes distributed along the length thereof. Proximal portions of the optical and electrochemical sensors may be housed inside the transmitter and operationally coupled with instrumentation for, e.g., receiving signals from the sensors, converting to respective glucose values, and communicating the glucose values. The sensors'"'"' distal portions may be inserted into a user'"'"'s body via a single delivery needle and may be co-located inside the user'"'"'s body.
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1. A continuous glucose monitoring system comprising:
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an orthogonally redundant glucose sensor, comprising; an optical glucose sensor having a proximal portion that is disposed externally to a body of a user and a distal portion for internal placement in the user'"'"'s body, wherein the optical glucose sensor includes an assay having a glucose receptor, a glucose analog, and a first fluorophore; and a non-optical glucose sensor having a proximal portion that is disposed externally to the user'"'"'s body and a distal portion for internal placement in the user'"'"'s body; a hand-held monitor having a display; and an external transmitter having a housing that houses the proximal portion of the optical glucose sensor and the proximal portion of the non-optical glucose sensor, wherein the transmitter includes instrumentation in said housing to receive an optical signal from the optical sensor and a non-optical signal from the non-optical sensor and to convert each of said optical and non-optical signals to respective glucose values, and wherein the transmitter wirelessly transmits said respective glucose values. - 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)
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