BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING DEVICE

• US 20180055432A1
• Filed: 07/20/2017
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chun-Yu Chen
• Original Assignee: Chun-Yu Chen
• Inventors: CHEN, CHUN-YU
• Application Number:
  US15/654,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20180055432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0266 for monitoring or limiting apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157
• 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 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15003 for venous or arterial blood
• 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 5/150793 Electrical or magnetic identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150847 Communication to or from blood sampling device transmitting measured data A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/3273 Devices therefor, e.g. test element readers, circuitry details not specific to biochemical electrodes G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48785 Electrical and electronic details of measuring devices for physical analysis of liquid biological material not specific to a particular test method, e.g. user interface or power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A blood glucose monitoring device includes a container, blood glucose test strips and a glucometer. The container includes a body and a cap. The cap or the body has thereon a rewritable signal component preconfigured with a test strip information. The test strip information includes traceability of the blood glucose test strips. The rewritable signal component sends by wireless communication technology an electronic signal carrying the test strip information. The glucometer includes a casing, processing module built-in with a comparison data, control panel, test slot, and signal processing component. The signal processing component receives the electronic signal of the container by the wireless communication technology. The processing module determines whether the test strip information matches the comparison data and creates a container-opened message when the determination is affirmative, thereby allowing the blood glucose test strips to be for use by the glucometer.

Claims

1. A blood glucose monitoring device, comprising:

a container comprising a body and a cap, the body receiving therein blood glucose test strips, the cap or the body having thereon a rewritable signal component preconfigured with a test strip information, the test strip information including traceability of the blood glucose test strips, the rewritable signal component sending by wireless communication technology an electronic signal carrying the test strip information; and

a glucometer comprising a casing, a processing module disposed in the casing, a control panel, at least a test slot for holding each one of the blood glucose test strips, and a signal processing component electrically connected to the processing module, the processing module being built-in with a comparison data, the signal processing component receiving the electronic signal of the container by the wireless communication technology, wherein the processing module determines whether the test strip information matches the comparison data and creates a container-opened message when the determination is affirmative, thereby allowing the blood glucose test strips to be tested by the glucometer.

2. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein traceability of the test strip information comprises lot numbers, an expiry date, and a production date of the blood glucose test strips.

3. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 2, wherein if traceability of the blood glucose test strips does not match the comparison data, the processing module sends an alert message.

4. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the control panel of the glucometer comprises a display screen which at least displays the test strip information of the container and a blood glucose level read.

5. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the container-opened message is sent by the wireless communication technology and written to the rewritable signal component of the container.

6. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the rewritable signal component sends the electronic signal to the signal processing component by one of near-field communication technology and wireless radio-frequency identification technology.

7. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the container-opened message created by the processing module includes a date on which the rewritable signal component of the container sends the electronic signal to the signal processing component of the glucometer.

8. The blood glucose monitoring device of claim 1, wherein one of the glucometer and the container sends one of the comparison data, the electronic signal and the container-opened message to an electronic apparatus by the wireless communication technology.