Ketone measurement system and related method with accuracy and reporting enhancement features
First Claim
1. A system for measuring a ketone in a breath of a user, the system comprising:
- a portable ketone measurement device that measures the ketone at a first location and generates a measurement signal indicative of the concentration of the ketone in a breath sample of the user, the portable ketone measurement device comprising a pump that moves the breath sample along a flow path to a ketone sensor, and comprising a wireless transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting the measurement signal;
a communications device located at the first location, the communications device configured to receive a wireless transmission of the measurement signal from the portable ketone measurement device, and to transmit the measurement signal; and
a remote system disposed at a second location remote from the first location that receives the measurement signal from the communications device;
at least one of the portable ketone measurement device, the communications device and the remote system comprising at least one processor that processes parameter data and generates a compensation factor for effecting a modification of the measurement signal to compensate for at least one of the following;
(1) an age of the user, (2) a nutritional ketosis condition of the user, (3) a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) condition of the user, (4) a missed medication event by the user, (5) an interrupted sleep condition of the user, (6) a diabetic ketoacidosis condition of the user.
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Abstract
A portable ketone measurement device measures ketone levels in breath samples or other bodily fluid samples of a user, and communicates the ketone measurements to an application that runs on a smartphone or other mobile device of the user. The application may communicate with, and report the measurements to, a remote server. One or more components of the system (e.g., the portable ketone measurement device, the mobile application, and/or the server) may, where appropriate, adjust the ketone measurements to compensate for ketone variations resulting from, e.g., the age of the user, a medical condition of the user, a missed medication event, or an interrupted sleep event. The application may, in some scenarios, withhold the display of a ketone measurement from the user until an authorization has been received from the server.
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37 Claims
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1. A system for measuring a ketone in a breath of a user, the system comprising:
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a portable ketone measurement device that measures the ketone at a first location and generates a measurement signal indicative of the concentration of the ketone in a breath sample of the user, the portable ketone measurement device comprising a pump that moves the breath sample along a flow path to a ketone sensor, and comprising a wireless transceiver capable of wirelessly transmitting the measurement signal; a communications device located at the first location, the communications device configured to receive a wireless transmission of the measurement signal from the portable ketone measurement device, and to transmit the measurement signal; and a remote system disposed at a second location remote from the first location that receives the measurement signal from the communications device; at least one of the portable ketone measurement device, the communications device and the remote system comprising at least one processor that processes parameter data and generates a compensation factor for effecting a modification of the measurement signal to compensate for at least one of the following;
(1) an age of the user, (2) a nutritional ketosis condition of the user, (3) a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) condition of the user, (4) a missed medication event by the user, (5) an interrupted sleep condition of the user, (6) a diabetic ketoacidosis condition of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating ketone measurements, comprising:
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generating, by a portable ketone measurement device, ketone measurements from bodily fluid samples of a user, each ketone measurement generated by the portable ketone measurement device from a respective bodily fluid sample of the user by analyzing the bodily fluid sample with a ketone sensor, the portable ketone measurement device configured to receive an insert-able component containing a bodily fluid sample; and by execution of program code by one or more processors; recording, in connection with some, but not all, of the ketone measurements, occurrences of a user condition that can affect ketone measurements; determining, by analyzing the ketone measurements in conjunction with the recorded occurrences of the user condition, an amount by which the user condition causes the ketone measurements of the user to vary; determining that a particular ketone measurement generated with the portable ketone measurement device was generated while the user condition was present; and modifying the particular ketone measurement based on said amount to compensate for the user condition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A ketone measurement system, comprising:
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a portable ketone measurement device configured to generate ketone measurements from bodily fluid samples of a user, the portable ketone measurement device comprising an input port that receives an insert-able component containing a bodily fluid sample, and comprising a ketone sensor that analyzes the bodily fluid samples, the portable ketone measurement device additionally comprising a transceiver capable of communicating the ketone measurements to a communications device associated with the user; and executable program code that directs a computing device to adjust at least some of the ketone measurements to compensate for a ketone level variation associated with at least one of the following;
(1) an age of the user, (2) a nutritional condition of the user, (3) a pulmonary condition of the user, (4) a missed medication event by the user, (5) an interrupted sleep condition of the user, (6) a diabetic ketoacidosis condition of the user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A device-implemented method, comprising:
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by a portable ketone measurement device, generating a ketone measurement based on a bodily fluid sample of a user, and wirelessly transmitting the ketone measurement to a mobile communications device associated with the user, wherein generating the ketone measurement comprises obtaining the bodily fluid sample from a fluid sample component that inserts into the portable ketone measurement device, and analyzing the bodily fluid sample with a ketone sensor; and by the mobile communications device, automatically transmitting the ketone measurement to a remote computer system while withholding the ketone measurement from the user, and subsequently outputting the ketone measurement to the user in response to receiving an authorization from the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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