Hand-held test meter with phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement circuit
First Claim
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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Abstract
A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes a housing; a microcontroller block disposed in the housing; and a phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block. The phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block includes a signal generation sub-block, 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. In addition, 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 and the microcontroller block is configured to compute the hematocrit of the bodily fluid sample based on the measured phase shift.
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21 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for employing a hand-held test meter and analytical test strip, the method comprising:
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inserting an analytical test strip into a hand-held test meter; introducing a whole blood sample into a sample cell of the analytical test strip; measuring a phase shift of the whole blood sample in the sample cell using a phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block and a microcontroller block of the hand-held test meter; computing the hematocrit of whole blood sample based on the measured phase shift using the microcontroller block, and wherein the phase-shift-based hematocrit measurement block and microcontroller block are configured to measure the phase shift of the whole blood sample using a signal of a first frequency in the range of 10 kHz to 25 kHz as a reference signal and a second signal of a second frequency in the range of 250 kHz to 500 kHz. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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