MAGIC GLUCO-WRIST WATCH (MGW)

• US 20170102673A1
• Filed: 10/11/2015
• Published: 04/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zahra Aboutalebi
• Original Assignee: Zahra Aboutalebi
• Inventors: Aboutalebi, Zahra
• Granted Patent: US 10,705,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4875 Details of handling test elements, e.g. dispensing or storage, not specific to a particular test method test-elements per se B01L, automatic analysers G01N35/00, in-vivo analysis on the human body for medical diagnosis A61B
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/49 Blood chemical methods for determining blood cell populations G01N33/5094; chemical analysis of blood groups or blood types G01N33/80
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data

Abstract

The Magic Gluco Wrist Watch (MGW) is a time wrist watch with a capability to measure the blood glucose level. The fix watch clasp plays a role of a lancing device, and is attached to the end of a left strap of the MGW. The movement of a holding member from the left strap to a right strap causes new electric current test strip to be driven in to the test strip port. A test strip port is located in the lug. By opening the valve, the MGW turns from time watch into a blood glucose meter.

Claims

1. - A 3 in 1, Magic Gluco Wrist Watch (MGW) apparatus for measuring and monitoring glucose level comprising:

a wristwatch comprising a main body/lug, a left and right watch straps each having a left and right slot nestled inside, extending along a length of their respective left and right strap bodies;

a display screen located on top of said wristwatch;

at least one watch clasp;

a holding member, multiple new test strips, at least one lancing device, wherein said test strips are located and move inside said left and right strap bodies;

an arced shaped push to slide open door covering said multiple new test strips, wherein when said door is in a closed setting said display screen is a complete circle and wherein when said door is open display screen has a crescent design, said push to slide open door is slid open with a counter clockwise motion and will be slid shut and closed with a clockwise motion;

said left strap having an opening/window displaying a holding member and at least two holding member jags, wherein said holding member comprises multiple frames/cartridges.

2. - The apparatus of claim 1, wherein used test strips will be held inside said right strap body and is not discarded after each use, however when all of said new multiple test strips are completely used they will be removed from said right watch strap through said right slot.

3. - The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said wristwatch is a smart digital watch where time, date, location, weather forecast, emails or/and other user data transmitted via any communication protocol from a smart phone or computer to laptop to said wristwatch and received via a receiver inside said main body, will be displayed on said display screen as a watch interface, and any glucose measurement data and/or charts as well as time or other health related data will be displayed on said display screen as glucose monitoring interface, wherein said watch interface and glucose monitoring interface are interchangeable, and wherein said watch interface is on display at all times and wherein glucose monitoring interface will be active when said push to slide door is slid open.

4. - The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said display is touchscreen and any kind of data can be entered and sent trough said transmitting protocol via said wristwatch including said glucose measurement data and/or charts.

5. - The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said glucose measurement data is saved in a memory located inside said main body and can be transmitted to said smart phone and/or laptop and/or computer and/or physician'"'"'s office or emergency room, wherein said transmission can be initiated manually or automatically at certain time intervals and/or continuously and/or at one point as needed;

and wherein said glucose measurement data is calculated and displayed based on programs run by a processing unit located inside said wristwatch.

6. - The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said MGW comprises at least one alarm system, comprising at least one flashing or pulsating light, vibration and/or sound and/or any combination of said sound, flashing and pulsating light and/or vibration;

and wherein said alarm system will be activated when a glucose level falls below a predetermined value saved in said memory.

7. - The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said push to slide open door is locked at all times and will be opened by pushing a release button of a child safety lock;

and wherein one of said new multiple test strips can be loaded on said sampling area when said safety lock is released.

8. - The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said holding member contains at least 12 to 14 test strips in a belt shaped setting, where said jags protruding from a surface of said holding member creating a ladder effect.

9. - The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said jag comprise letters or numbers being displayed through said strap opening;

wherein said letters and numbers can be in ascending or descending order, wither displaying a number of said used test strips or a number of said new test strips remaining inside said left strap.

10. - The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said slide door stays shut via a magnetic force, and/or a push pin and/or a trigger and/or a spring and/or clasping means.

11. - The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said holding member moves from and inside said left strap to and inside said right strap through their respective left and right slaps, wherein when a blood sample is taken and said door is slid shut and closed, by releasing said child safety lock embedded inside said lancing device and left strap, said holding member can move through said left strap towards said right strap therefore allowing said used test strip to be pushed and discarded inside said right strap by pushing said protruding jags up towards said display screen, and therefore one of said multiple new test strips will be placed/lunched on said sampling area.

12. - The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when said door is slid open, one of said multiple new test strips will be lunched and placed on said testing area by pulling out said lancing device from said left strap, releasing a stop mechanism from locking in said holding member in place and therefore said used test strip is discarded inside said right strap by pushing said protruding jags up towards said display screen, and therefore one of said new multiple test strip will be placed/lunched on said sampling area.

13. - The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said lancing device further comprises a cap, and a hollow compartment, wherein by pulling out said cap a silica gel packet will be placed inside said lancing device hollow compartment in order to keep said new multiple test strips dry.

14. - The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said right strap comprises an extract cap for removal of said holding member containing all of said used test strips, wherein a sterilized and prepackaged new set of holding member and its said respective said multiple new test strips will be loaded inside said left test strip by releasing and removing said lancing device from an end of said left strap via multiple watch clasps.

15. - The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said multiple watch clasps comprise fasteners, hooks, clips, press-studs, poppers and/or hook and eye configuration and respectively said lancing device comprises necessary mating means for tightly and securely connecting and holding said lancing device to said left strap.

16. - The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising a stopper part having spring-wise and/or reversed jags as opposed to said holding member jags, locking with said holding member and therefore preventing said holding member from moving, from right to left inside said left strap, said stopper also provides one strip at a time movement of said new or used test strips preventing any user error in lunching more than one of said new multiple test strips consecutively without taking any blood samples.

17. - The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said strap opening comprises a counter displaying number of said used test strips or number of said new test strips remaining inside said left strap.

18. - The apparatus of claim 17, wherein each of said multiple frames/cartridges hold said multiple test strips in place, and each of said multiple frames further comprises a docket where electrodes and electrical component of said new and/or used test strips are exposed to said MGW processing unit, and also comprises a receiving port having a docketing roof, through which said new test strips are loaded inside said holding member during manufacturing and packaging or after purchase.

19. - The apparatus of claim 18, wherein said right and left clasp are made of semi-rigid and/or rigid waterproof material, comprising silicon, any type of plastic capable of sterilization and/or user friendly.

20. - A method of using a 3 in 1 Magic Gluco-wrist watch glucose measuring and monitoring apparatus, comprising a wristwatch comprising a main body/lug, a left and right watch straps each having a left and right slot nestled inside, extending along a length of their respective left and right strap bodies;

a display screen located on top of said wristwatch;

at least one watch clasp;

a holding member comprising multiple holding member jags;

wherein multiple new test strips are located inside said holding member, at least one lancing device, wherein said multiple new test strips are located and move inside said left and right strap bodies;

an arced shaped push to slide open door covering either one of said multiple new test strips and/or one used test strip, wherein said method comprises steps of;

during a first time glucose measurement said lancing device will be removed from said left strap by releasing a stop mechanism from locking in said holding member in place, and therefore said holding member will move from said left strap towards said right strap by pushing up said holding member jags inside a strap opening, towards said screen member, therefore loading one of said at least new test strips and after said first time use, by pushing said holding member jags upwards from said left strap towards said display screen said used test strip is moved from a sampling area located underneath said push to slide open door and lunches one said multiple new test strips on said sampling area;

wherein by lunching one of said multiple test strips, a counter located next to said opening displays either a number of said used test strips or a number of said multiple new test strips remaining;

wherein said holding member can only move from said left strap towards said right strap; and

wherein when all of said multiple new test strips are used, said holding member will be extracted through said right strap by removing an extract cap located at an end of said right strap, wherein a stopper located on top of said holding member prevents said holding member from moving back inside said left strap and also only allows single lunch of said multiple new test strips at a time;

wherein during said glucose measurement said lancing device is set by pushing a toggle button, a sterilized and new lancet will be triggered out from said lancing device when a lance button is activated piercing a digit or skin placed on a sampling hole;

wherein said push to slide open door is slid open by rotating said door in a counter clockwise direction, exposing one of said multiple new test strips on said sampling area where a blood sample will be collected, then said display screen, displays calculated glucose data and if needed will sound an alarm and communicates wirelessly, said data via to an external laptop, computer, mobile phone and/or physician'"'"'s office and/or emergency room, after said glucose measurement said door will be closed by rotating it in a clockwise direction;

wherein said used test strips will be held inside said right strap body and is not discarded after each use, however when all of said test strips are used, said holding member and all of said used test strips will be discarded as a single unit and will be replaced with a new prepackaged set comprising a new holding member and its respective set of new test strips.