Method and system for transferring analyte test data

• US 8,682,598 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Connolly, Brian Edmond, Mace, Chad Harold, Lai, Marc R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Tung S
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUN, XIUQIN
• Application Number:
  US12/549,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,671 Days
• Field of Search: 702/32, 600/400, 600/300, 455/569.2, 422/82.01
• US Class Current: 702/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0456 Apparatus provided with a docking unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system for transferring data includes an analyte test instrument (ATI) adapted to store data, a wirelessly enabled data management device (DMD) for comprehensively analyzing data, and an adaptor removably connected to the ATI for transferring data stored on the ATI to the DMD. The adaptor includes a data communication device capable of removable connection with the ATI, a microprocessor electrically connected to the data communication device, a wireless controller electrically connected to the microprocessor and a wireless transceiver electrically connected to the wireless controller. In use, data transfer is executed between the ATI and the DMD by electrically and mechanically connecting the adaptor to the ATI. Data stored on the ATI is then automatically downloaded into adaptor memory. Upon completion of the download, the user activates an externally accessible input device on the adaptor which, in turn, wirelessly transmits data from the adaptor memory to the DMD.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a monitor configured to store analyte related data and having a monitor microprocessor and a first data communication device, the first data communication device including an analyte test port;

a data management device in data communication with the monitor through a second data communication channel; and

a device removably connected to the monitor, the device configured for data communication with the monitor via a first data communication channel, the device comprising;

a housing; and

a second data communication device disposed within the housing, wherein a portion of the second data communication device extends out from the housing and is capable of being removably received within the analyte test port of the first data communication device so as to establish the first data communication channel between the device and the monitor;

wherein the analyte test port of the first data communication device is configured for receiving an analyte test strip.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a power source.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the analyte test strip includes a blood glucose test strip.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second data communication device is adapted to be electrically and mechanically connected to the first data communication device of the monitor.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first data communication device includes at least one contact strip and is adapted to electrically and mechanically receive at least a portion of the second data communication device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the portion of the second data communication device extends through a narrow slot in the housing.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises:

a user input device disposed within the housing, the user input device at least partially projecting out through the housing; and

an indicator disposed within the housing, the indicator at least partially projecting out through the housing.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving an analyte test strip at an analyte test port of a first data communication Device;

storing analyte related data using a monitor having a monitor microprocessor and the first data communication device including the analyte test port;

connecting a second data communication device of a device to the analyte test port of the first data communication device;

establishing a first data communication channel via the second data communication device connected to the analyte test port of the first data communication device;

establishing a second data communication channel via a communication controller of the device with a data management device; and

wirelessly communicating data using a wireless transceiver of the device through the second data communication channel, between the monitor and the data management device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising electrically and mechanically connecting the second data communication device to the first data communication device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein electrically and mechanically connecting the second data communication device to the first data communication device includes providing at least one contact strip at the first data communication device adapted to electrically and mechanically receive at least a portion of the second data communication device.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing a user input device and an indicator on the device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein communicating the data between the monitor and the data management device includes wirelessly transmitting the stored analyte related data from the device to the data management device.