PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING AN ANALYTE

• US 20170354380A1
• Filed: 08/03/2017
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carydean Enterprises LLC
• Original Assignee: Carydean Enterprises LLC
• Inventors: Wagstaff, Dean Henry
• Application Number:
  US15/668,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20170354380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/006 perpendicular to the lid plane, e.g. by a downward movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/227 Sensors with electrical connectors
• 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: A61B 5/151 Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets , needles or blades
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/3001 for sharps
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/7759 Dipstick; Test strip
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/78 producing a change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/3271 Amperometric enzyme electrodes for analytes in body fluids, e.g. glucose in blood amperometry per se G01N27/49; aspects concerning the enzyme reagent C12Q1/001
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/4166 measuring a particular property of an electrolyte
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose

Abstract

Some embodiments are directed to a portable electronic device for analyzing an analyte. The portable electronic device includes a housing, an adapter detachably coupled to the housing and a processor disposed in the housing. The adapter includes a body defining an opening for receiving a test strip and an interface port disposed within the body. The interface port is configured to read a signal from the test strip. The processor is communicably coupled to the interface port. The processor is configured to determine at least one parameter of the analyte based on the signal received from the interface port.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device to analyze an analyte, the portable electronic device comprising:

a housing;

an adapter detachably coupled to the housing, the adapter comprising;

a body defining an opening to receive a test strip; and

an interface port disposed within the body, wherein the interface port is configured to read a signal from the test strip; and

a processor disposed in the housing and communicably coupled to the interface port, the processor configured to determine a parameter of the analyte based on the signal received from the interface port.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the adapter is selected from a plurality of adapters, each of the plurality of adapters having different physical dimensions of the interface port.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the housing further includes an adapter port coupleable with each of the plurality of adapters, the adapter port being communicably coupled to the processor.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of adapters is configured to interface with a corresponding type of test strip.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises:

a test strip compartment to store a test strip;

a lancet compartment to store a lancet; and

a needle compartment to store a lancet needle.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5, further comprising a storage cover detachably coupled to the housing to cover the test strip compartment, the lancet compartment and the needle compartment.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a case body detachably coupled to a mobile device.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a clip to detachably couple the housing to a case of a mobile device.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a band to detachably couple the housing to a user.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate a user interface on a display; and

display indicia indicative of the parameter of the analyte on the user interface.

11. A system to analyze an analyte, the system comprising:

a portable electronic device comprising;

a housing;

an adapter detachably coupled to the housing, the adapter comprising;

a body defining an opening to receive a test strip; and

an interface port disposed within the body, wherein the interface port is configured to read a signal from the test strip; and

a processor disposed in the housing and communicably coupled to the interface port, the processor configured to determine a parameter of the analyte based on the signal received from the interface port; and

a mobile device communicably coupled to the portable electronic device, the mobile device configured to display indicia indicative of the parameter of the analyte on a user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the adapter is selected from a plurality of adapters, each of the plurality of adapters having different physical dimensions of the interface port.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the housing further includes an adapter port coupleable with each of the plurality of adapters, the adapter port being communicably coupled to the processor.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of adapters is configured to interface with a corresponding type of test strip.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the housing further comprises a case body configured to be detachably coupled to the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the housing further comprises a clip to detachably couple the housing to a case of the portable electronic device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the housing further comprises a band to detachably couple the housing to a user.

18. A system to analyze an analyte, the system comprising:

a portable electronic device comprising;

a housing comprising an adapter port; and

a processor disposed in the housing and communicably coupled to the adapter port, the processor configured to determine a parameter of the analyte based on a signal received from the adapter port; and

a plurality of adapters, each of the plurality of adapters coupleable to the adapter port of the housing, each of the plurality of adapters comprising;

a body defining an opening to receive a test strip;

an interface port disposed within the body, wherein the interface port is configured to read the signal from the test strip; and

an electronic circuit configured to transmit the signal to the adapter port,

wherein each of the plurality of adapters has different physical dimensions of the interface port.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of adapters is configured to interface with a corresponding type of test strip.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the housing further comprises a case body configured to be detachably coupled to a mobile device.