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Hand-held test meter with phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement circuit

  • US 8,623,660 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample, the hand-held test meter comprising:

  • a housing;

    a microcontroller block disposed in the housing; and

    a phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block disposed in the housing, the phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block including, in series order;

    a signal generation sub-block configured to generate at least a first electrical signal of a first frequency is in the range of 10 kHz to 25 kHz and a second electrical signal of a second frequency in the range of 250 kHz to 500 kHz;

    a low pass filter sub-block;

    an analytical test strip sample cell interface sub-block;

    a transimpedance amplifier sub-block; and

    a phase detector sub-block,wherein the phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block and microcontroller block are configured to measure the phase shift of a bodily fluid sample in a sample cell of an analytical test strip inserted in the hand-held test meter using both the first signal of the first frequency and the second signal of the second frequency,wherein the phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block and microcontroller block are configured such that the signal of the first frequency is employed as a reference signal during the measurement of the phase shift of a bodily fluid sample; and

    wherein the microcontroller block is configured to compute the hematocrit of the bodily fluid based on the measured phase shift.

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