METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING A BLOOD SAMPLE

• US 20140179013A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Glucome Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Glucome Ltd.
• Inventors: MORAN, DOV, TUVAL, ROEE, BEN AHARON, YIFTAH, COHEN, ITAY
• Granted Patent: US 10,725,047 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 436/95
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48792 Data management, e.g. communication with processing unit for in vivo diagnostics A61B5/0002; transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/144444 Glucose

Abstract

A method of analyzing a blood sample is provided. The method comprises providing a glucometer configured to analyze a blood sample and a remote computing device separate from the glucometer, analyzing, by the glucometer, the blood sample, and presenting, by the glucometer, encoded results. The encoded results may be presented as a machine-readable visually-encoded representation of one or more results of the analysis, in which case the method further comprises imaging, by the remote computing device, the representation. The encoded results may be presented as a capacitive profile, in which case the method further comprises reading, by a capacitive sensing input mechanism of the remote computing device, the capacitive profile. According to either option, the method further comprises decoding, by the remote computing device, the representation, thereby retrieving at least one of the results.

Claims

1. A method of analyzing a blood sample, the method comprising:

providing a glucometer configured to analyze a blood sample and a remote computing device separate from the glucometer;

analyzing, by the glucometer, the blood sample;

presenting, by the glucometer, a machine-readable visually-encoded representation of one or more results of the analysis;

imaging, by the remote computing device, the representation; and

decoding, by the remote computing device, the representation, thereby retrieving at least one of the results.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the visually encoded representation comprises a pattern.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the pattern is selected from the group including one-dimensional and two-dimensional barcodes.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the pattern comprises alphanumeric characters.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the visually encoded representation comprises a sequence of visual elements.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the glucometer comprises one or more LEDs, the visual elements being one or more flashes of the LEDs.

7. The method according to claim 6, the LEDs being multi-color, wherein different colors of each of the LEDs represent different values of encoded data.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting machine-readable visually-encoded representation of at least one of error-correction and error-detection information.

9. A method of analyzing a blood sample, the method comprising:

providing a glucometer configured to analyze a blood sample and comprising a capacitive profile output mechanism;

providing a remote computing device separate from the glucometer and comprising a capacitive sensing input mechanism;

analyzing, by the glucometer, the blood sample;

encoding, by the glucometer, one or more results of the analysis as a capacitive profile;

producing, by the capacitive profile output mechanism, the capacitive profile;

reading, by the capacitive sensing input mechanism, the capacitive profile; and

decoding, by the remote computing device, the capacitive profile, thereby retrieving at least one of the results.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the capacitive profile comprises a sequence of capacitive states varying over a period of time.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the capacitive profile comprises a plurality of regions, each exhibiting a capacitive state.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein each region exhibits a sequence of capacitive states varying over a period of time.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the capacitive profile further comprises at least one of error-correction and error-detection information.

14. A glucometer comprising:

a reader configured to analyze a blood sample;

a processor configured to encode results of the analysis; and

a capacitive output mechanism configured to represent the encoded results.

15. The glucometer according to claim 14, wherein the capacitive output mechanism is configured to exhibit a sequence of capacitive states varying over a period of time.

16. The glucometer according to claim 14, wherein the capacitive output mechanism comprises a plurality of regions, each region being configured to exhibit a capacitive state independent of the other regions.

17. The glucometer according to claim 16, being configured to exhibit a sequence of capacitive states in each region varying over a period of time.