Glucose medical monitoring system
First Claim
1. A disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit for operative engagement with a glucose medical monitoring diagnostic system, said system including a hammer means, said disposable unit comprising:
- a. a housing;
b. means for operatively connecting said unit to said system;
c. puncturing means supported within said housing and aligned to be actuated by the hammer means and driven from within said housing through a first opening therethrough to puncture a surface adjacent said housing and cause a flow of liquid from said punctured surface;
c. blood reagent chemistry means supported within said housing;
d. fluid transporting means including said first opening in said housing for transporting a liquid substance flowing from said punctured surface to said reagent means;
e. at least one opening in said housing for providing a liquid substance to said reagent means; and
,f. aperture means through said housing adjacent said system positioned to pass light from at least a portion of said reagent means in said diagnostic unit to a sensing means in said system for a determination of color change of said reagent means by the system whereby said color change indicates a diagnostic condition.
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Abstract
Hand-held shirt-pocket portable glucose medical monitoring system for checking measurement of blood glucose or other body qualities. The system includes a disposable diagnostic reagent-lancet unit which carries a chemcial reagent strip of blood reacting chemistry. The system includes a housing structure having a visual LCD readout, a microprocessor, and photosensing circuitry which measures the change of color of the blood reacting chemistry of the disposable unit. The housing also includes a spring arrangement for actuating a lancet into the skin for sampling and transporting blood from a finger to a chemical reagent. The disposable unit includes medical and fluid configurations for transporting of the blood to the reagent strip. The system inlcudes verification and calibration sequences for the electronics, the chemistry of an unused disposable unit, the presence of a blood sample, and multiple readings to an average result. The system also provides for storing a plurality of readings.
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26 Claims
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1. A disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit for operative engagement with a glucose medical monitoring diagnostic system, said system including a hammer means, said disposable unit comprising:
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a. a housing; b. means for operatively connecting said unit to said system; c. puncturing means supported within said housing and aligned to be actuated by the hammer means and driven from within said housing through a first opening therethrough to puncture a surface adjacent said housing and cause a flow of liquid from said punctured surface; c. blood reagent chemistry means supported within said housing; d. fluid transporting means including said first opening in said housing for transporting a liquid substance flowing from said punctured surface to said reagent means; e. at least one opening in said housing for providing a liquid substance to said reagent means; and
,f. aperture means through said housing adjacent said system positioned to pass light from at least a portion of said reagent means in said diagnostic unit to a sensing means in said system for a determination of color change of said reagent means by the system whereby said color change indicates a diagnostic condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit for operating in engagement and use with a medical diagnostic system on a type having actuation means for driving of a puncturing means, connection means for operatively receiving said unit on said system and means in said system for reading a color change on the reagent means, said disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit comprising:
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a. a housing; b. means on said housing for operatively connecting said unit to said system; c. puncturing means supported within said housing and aligned with a first opening in said housing for allowing said puncturing means to protrude therethrough and to puncture a surface adjacent said housing and cause a flow of liquid substance from said punctured surface when driven by said actuating means; d. reagent means, having a front side facing said surface and a back side away from said surface, supported within said housing; e. liquid conveying means including said first opening in said housing for conveying said liquid substance from said punctured surface to said reagent means; and
,f. aperture means through said housing at a point adjacent said system unit for conveying light from a back side portion of said reagent means to said system for determination of color change, thereby indicating a diagnostic condition. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit for operating in engagement and use with a medical diagnostic system of a type having actuation means for driving of a puncturing means, connection means for operatively receiving said reagent unit on said system and means in said system for reading a color change on the reagent means, said disposable diagnostic lancet reagent unit comprising:
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a. a housing including opposing finger gripping taps and a bottom plate; b. means on said system housing for operatively connecting said reagent unit to said system; c. puncturing means supported within said housing and a first opening in a base of said housing for allowing said puncturing means to protrude therethrough when driven by said actuating means and puncture a surface adjacent said housing and cause a flow of liquid from said puncturing surface; d. reagent means, having a variable color responsive to the concentration of a material, supported within said housing; e. liquid conveying means including said first opening in said housing for conveying a liquid substance from said punctured surface to said reagent means; and
,f. aperture means through said housing for providing access for reading said reagent means for change of color by said system thereby indicating a diagnostic condition. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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