Device for signal processing for measurement of physiological analytes
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1. One or more microprocessors, comprising programming to control:
- a measurement cycle comprising operating a sampling device for extracting a sample from a biological system, said sample comprising an analyte, and operating a sensing device for sensing the analyte in the extracted sample to obtain a raw signal that is related to the analyte amount or concentration in the biological system, said sensing device comprising a sensor, subjecting the raw signal to a conversion step in order to convert said raw signal to an initial signal output which is indicative of the amount of analyte extracted by the sampling system;
performing a calibration step which converts the initial signal output to a measurement value indicative of the concentration of analyte present in the biological system at the time of extraction; and
repeating the measurement cycle at least once to obtain a plurality of measurement values.
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Abstract
A method is provided for continually or continuously measuring the concentration of target chemical analytes present in a biological system, and processing analyte-specific signals to obtain a measurement value that is closely correlated with the concentration of the target chemical analyte in the biological system. One important application of the invention involves a method for signal processing in a system for monitoring blood glucose values.
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1. One or more microprocessors, comprising programming to control:
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a measurement cycle comprising operating a sampling device for extracting a sample from a biological system, said sample comprising an analyte, and operating a sensing device for sensing the analyte in the extracted sample to obtain a raw signal that is related to the analyte amount or concentration in the biological system, said sensing device comprising a sensor, subjecting the raw signal to a conversion step in order to convert said raw signal to an initial signal output which is indicative of the amount of analyte extracted by the sampling system;
performing a calibration step which converts the initial signal output to a measurement value indicative of the concentration of analyte present in the biological system at the time of extraction; and
repeating the measurement cycle at least once to obtain a plurality of measurement values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
and (tcal) is a calibration point;
(EGt) is an estimated blood glucose concentration at time t;
(Et) is an analyte signal at time t;
(OS) is a constant offset term which accounts for a non-zero signal at an estimated zero blood glucose concentration;
(ε
) is a gain term for time-dependent signal decline and can have multiple time segments;
(i) is a time segment;
(α
) is a correction term for a linear time-dependent signal decline in time segments and can have multiple time segments;
(t) is an elapsed time, (BGcal) is a true blood glucose at the calibration point;
(Ecal) is an analyte signal at calibration; and
(ρ
) is a calibration offset.
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30. The one or more microprocessors of claim 27, wherein the compensating is carried out using the following function:
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wherein;
BGcal is a true blood glucose at a calibration point;
Ecal is an analyte signal at calibration;
(tcal) is an elapsed time at the calibration point;
(EGt) is an estimated blood glucose concentration at time t;
(Et) is an analyte signal at time t;
(OS) is a constant offset term which accounts for a non-zero signal at an estimated zero blood glucose concentration;
(γ
) is a time-dependent correction term for signal decline;
(α
) is a time-dependent correction term for signal decline; and
(t) is an elapsed time.
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31. The one or more microprocessors of claim 30, wherein a time segmentation is performed as follows:
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wherein;
Ecal is an analyte signal at calibration;
Et is an analyte signal at time t;
EGt is the calculated value of blood glucose at the measurement time;
BGcal is the true blood glucose at the calibration point, t is the elapsed time;
tcal is the elapsed time at the calibration point;
OS is the offset parameter; and
α
i and γ
i are time dependent correction terms to account for declining signal with time, where i=1, 2, or 3.
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32. The one or more microprocessors of claim 1, wherein the conversion step comprises using a temperature correction function to correct for changes in the biological system and/or changes in the sensing device.
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33. The one or more microprocessors of claim 32, wherein the changes in the biological system comprise a change in temperature.
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34. The one or more microprocessors of claim 32, wherein the conversion step comprises correcting for temperature changes occurring between a measurement of a background signal in the sensing device and a measurement of a raw signal, and during the measurement of the raw signal.
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35. The one or more microprocessors of claim 34, correcting for temperature changes comprises using an Arrhenius correction function.
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36. The one or more microprocessors of claim 34, wherein the temperature correction comprises using an integral average temperature correction function obtained from a measurement cycle to correct for temperature at subsequent time points.
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37. The one or more microprocessors of claim 32, wherein the conversion step comprises correcting for temperature differences between multiple signals obtained from the sensing device.
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38. The one or more microprocessors of claim 18, wherein the analyte is glucose and the enzyme is glucose oxidase.
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39. The one or more microprocessors of claim 38, wherein the sampling device uses an iontophoretic current to extract the analyte from the biological system.
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40. The one or more microprocessors of claim 1, wherein the sample comprises the analyte glucose.
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41. A monitoring device for measuring an analyte present in a biological system, said device comprising, the one or more microprocessors of claim 1, the sampling device, and the sensing device.
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42. The monitoring device of claim 41, wherein the sampling device includes one or more collection reservoirs.
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43. The monitoring device of claim 42, wherein at least one collection reservoir contains an enzyme that reacts with the extracted analyte to produce an electrochemically detectable signal.
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44. The monitoring device of claim 43, wherein the sampling device further comprises a second collection reservoir containing an enzyme that reacts with the extracted analyte to produce an electrochemically detectable signal, and operation of the sensing device comprises obtaining signals from said first and second collection reservoirs.
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45. The monitoring device of claim 44, wherein the analyte is glucose and the enzyme is glucose oxidase.
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46. The monitoring device of claim 41, wherein the sampling device uses an iontophoretic current to extract the analyte from the biological system.
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47. The monitoring device of claim 41, wherein the sample comprises the analyte glucose.
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48. The monitoring device of claim 41, wherein said monitoring device further comprises a temperature sensing device.
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49. The monitoring device of claim 41, wherein said monitoring device further comprises a skin conductance sensing device.
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