SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

• US 20150279186A1
• Filed: 01/09/2015
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bionime Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bionime Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Chieh-Hsing, Chen, Mao-Yi, Liu, Ting-Yu, Yeh, Chih-Lung
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0204 of power management
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/085 combined with means for recording calibration data
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14535 for measuring haematocrit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• 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 5/150862 intermediate range, e.g. within room or building
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/73 for taking measurements, e.g. using sensing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A method for measuring a physiological parameter is disclosed. The method includes providing an electronic device having a radio reader transmitting and receiving a radio signal; providing a physiological parameter measurement device configured with an energy storage module, a transmission module and a strip port for receiving a strip; energy storage in the physiological parameter measurement device in response to a radio energy storage signal transmitted from the electronic device until it reaches a sufficient energy status; and applying a sensing voltage to the strip via the strip port, receiving a sensing signal from the strip, and converting the sensing signal into a physiological parameter measurement signal by the physiological parameter measurement device under the sufficient energy status.

Claims

1. A method for measuring a physiological parameter, comprising steps of:

providing an electronic device having a radio reader transmitting and receiving a radio signal;

providing a physiological parameter measurement device configured with an energy storage module, a transmission module and a strip port for receiving a strip;

energy storage in the physiological parameter measurement device in response to a radio energy storage signal transmitted from the electronic device until it reaches a sufficient energy status; and

applying a sensing voltage to the strip via the strip port, receiving a sensing signal from the strip, and converting the sensing signal into a physiological parameter measurement signal by the physiological parameter measurement device under the sufficient energy status.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio reader transmits a scanning signal to the physiological parameter measurement device, and the transmission module transmits a response signal in response to the scanning signal.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the response signal includes a recognition signal and an energy storage request.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physiological parameter measurement device references to a threshold to determine whether to transmit a finishing energy storage signal or not, and the threshold includes a voltage value.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising steps of:

in response to the receipt of the finishing energy storage signal from the transmission module by the radio reader, causing at least one of the electronic device and the physiological parameter measurement device to display a work status mode of the physiological parameter measurement device according to the finishing energy storage signal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a step of:

measuring the physiological parameter with the physiological parameter measurement device in response to an instruction measurement signal transmitted from the electronic device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the electronic device is configured with a storage unit having an application program and calibration data corresponding to the strip, and the electronic device and the physiological parameter measurement device are each configured with a display unit.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising steps of:

obtaining the calibration data by the physiological parameter measurement device via a radio communication between the transmission module and the radio reader, calibrating the physiological parameter measurement signal based on the calibration data to obtain a calibrated physiological parameter value, and displaying the calibrated physiological parameter value on the display unit of the physiological parameter measurement device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a step of:

transmitting the physiological parameter measurement signal to the electronic device by the physiological parameter measurement device via a radio communication between the transmission module and the radio reader, calibrating the physiological parameter measurement signal by the application program according to the calibration data to obtain a calibrated physiological parameter value, and displaying the calibrated physiological parameter value on the display unit of the electronic device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising steps of:

measuring the physiological parameter by the physiological parameter measurement device in response to an instruction measurement signal transmitted from the electronic device after the strip is configured in the strip port.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission module is a Near Field Communication tag, and the radio reader is a Near Field Communication reader.

12. A system for measuring a physiological parameter, comprising:

an electronic device having an application program and a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader, wherein the NFC reader transmits an NFC scanning signal under operation of the application program; and

a physiological parameter measurement device having a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag and a physiological parameter measurement module, wherein the NFC tag transmits a response signal in response to the NFC scanning signal, and transmits an NFC energy storage signal from the NFC reader to the physiological parameter measurement module to cause the physiological parameter measurement module to enter a work status mode.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the physiological parameter measurement device is further configured with an energy storage module and a strip port for receiving a strip, and under the work status mode, when the strip port receives the strip with a sample, the physiological parameter measurement module applies a sensing voltage to the strip and receives a sensing signal from the strip, and the sensing signal is converted into a physiological parameter measurement signal.

14. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the physiological parameter measurement device references to a threshold to determine whether to transmit a finishing energy storage signal or not, and the threshold includes a voltage value.

15. A physiological parameter measurement device which cooperates with an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has an application program and a radio reader transmitting and receiving a radio signal, the physiological parameter measurement device comprising:

an energy storage module causing the electronic device to store energy in the physiological parameter measurement device in response to a radio energy storage signal transmitted from the electronic device until it reaches a sufficient energy status; and

a transmission module coupled with the energy storage module, wherein the transmission module transmits a physiological parameter measurement signal in response to an instruction measurement signal from the electronic device and a sensing signal from a strip.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a physiological parameter measurement module coupled with the energy storage module and the transmission module, wherein;

when a storage voltage in the energy storage module exceeds a threshold, the physiological parameter measurement module instructs the transmission module to transmit a finishing energy storage signal to the electronic device; and

on the condition that the transmission module receives and conveys the instructing measurement signal from the electronic device, the physiological parameter measurement module instructs the transmission module to transmit the physiological parameter measurement signal according to the sensing signal.

17. The device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising:

a shield device configured on at least one side of the physiological parameter measurement module to block a energy storage request signal transmitted from the transmission module.

18. The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the electronic device is configured with a storage unit having the application program and calibration data corresponding to the strip, and the electronic device and the physiological parameter measurement device are each configured with a display unit.

19. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the physiological parameter measurement module transmits the physiological parameter measurement signal to the electronic device via a radio communication between the transmission module and the radio reader, the application program calibrates the physiological parameter measurement signal according to the calibration data to obtain a calibrated physiological parameter measurement value to be displayed on the display unit of the electronic device.

20. The device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the calibration data corresponding to the strip is transmitted to the physiological parameter measurement module via a radio communication between the transmission module and the radio reader, the physiological parameter measurement module calibrates a physiological parameter measurement value based on the calibration data to obtain a calibrated value, and the calibrated value is displayed on the display unit of the physiological parameter measurement device.