Analyte-testing device

• US 9,092,557 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Chang, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sines, Brian J
• Application Number:
  US14/579,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20150109141A1
• Time in Patent Office: 218 Days
• Field of Search: 436/43, 436/44, 436/63, 436/65, 436/66, 436/71, 436/174, 422/50, 422/68.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/11 Automated chemical analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/110833 Utilizing a moving indicator strip or tape
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/25 including sample preparation

Abstract

A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.

Claims

1. A method of using a device configured to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor, the method comprising the acts of:

providing a device comprising a display, at least one user-interface mechanism, a device link configured to connect the device to a second device, a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, and a memory configured to store data;

connecting the device to the second device using the device link;

interacting with the at least one user-interface mechanism, the at least one user-interface mechanism being configured to assist in displaying the data on the display;

determining whether a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening; and

if a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening, inhibiting the data from being displayed on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes a plurality of stored analyte concentrations.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is connected to the second device using a cable.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, using the device link, the data to the second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the device link is a wireless link.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the act of, if a test sensor is not positioned in the at least one opening, displaying the data on the display.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the act of, upon removal of the test sensor, allowing the data to be displayed on the display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the device further includes a software component configured to inhibit the data from being displayed on the display.

9. A method of using a device configured to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor, the method comprising the acts of:

providing a device comprising a display, at least one user-interface mechanism, a device link configured to connect the device to a second device, a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, and a memory configured to store data;

interacting with the at least one user-interface mechanism, the at least one user-interface mechanism being configured to assist in displaying at least a portion of the data on the display;

determining whether a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening; and

if a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening, inhibiting the data from being displayed on the display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data is configured to be transferred to the second device using the device link.