Analysis device with user-friendly menu controls

• US 9,603,572 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2011
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Knoefel, Anja
• Primary Examiner(s): SIEFKE, SAMUEL P
• Application Number:
  US13/088,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282174A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,174 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150175 Adjustment of penetration depth
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150259 Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150305 Packages specially adapted for piercing devices or blood sampling devices kits for diabetes A61M5/003; packaging in general B65D
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150412 Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin blade-like piercing elements A61B5/150442
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150503 Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15186 Devices loaded with a single lancet, i.e. a single lancet with or without a casing is loaded into a reusable drive device and then discarded after use; drive devices reloadable for multiple use
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48785 Electrical and electronic details of measuring devices for physical analysis of liquid biological material not specific to a particular test method, e.g. user interface or power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An analysis device is proposed for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample, in particular for detecting glucose in a bodily fluid. The analysis device comprises at least one control element, which is configured to provide a function menu with at least two menu items. The analysis device further comprises at least one adjustable selector element, in particular a mechanically adjustable selector element, which can be adjusted by a user to at least two different selection positions. The selector element is configured to remain in the adjusted selection position after being adjusted. The control element is configured to select a menu item corresponding to the adjusted selection position. The analysis device further comprises at least one operating element. At least one parameter in the selected menu item can be influenced by the user via the operating element.

Claims

1. An analysis device for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample, in particular for detecting glucose in a bodily fluid, comprising:

at least one controller comprising one or more data processors configured to provide a function menu with at least three menu items;

at least one mechanically adjustable selector element configured to be adjusted by a user to at least three different selection positions and remain in an adjusted selection position after being adjusted, wherein each selection position corresponds to at least one of the menu items for operation with a function of the analysis device; and

a housing, wherein the housing and/or the selector element has at least one function marking with at least one inscription of the selector element and/or of the housing, wherein the function marking designates at least one of the menu items and/or at least a content of at least one of the menu items, wherein the inscription is designed to explain a menu control directly and independently of an electrical functionality of the analysis device,

wherein the controller is configured to select a menu item corresponding to the adjusted selection position of the selector element, wherein movement of the selector element allows the user to jump directly to predefined menu items, wherein a certain menu item can be selected by a user directly via movement of the selector element, wherein the analysis device further comprises at least one operating element, wherein at least one parameter in the selected menu item can be influenced by the user via the operating element.

2. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a marking perceptible to the user, wherein the selector element can be adjusted in one or both of position and orientation relative to the marking.

3. The analysis device according to claim 2, wherein the operating element and the marking are at least partially combined.

4. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the function marking is configured to at least partially indicate parameters, which can be influenced by means of the operating element, of the menu item selected by the selection position.

5. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the selector element comprises at least one rotary switch and/or one slide switch.

6. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is at least in part substantially cylindrical, wherein the selector element comprises at least one rotary ring at least partially surrounding the housing, wherein the rotary ring can be rotated relative to the rest of the housing in order to adjust the selection position.

7. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the analysis device comprises a rotatable lid, wherein the selector element is completely or partially integrated in the rotatable lid.

8. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the operating element is at least partially integrated in the selector element.

9. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein no more than three operating elements are provided.

10. The analysis device according to claim 1, further comprising an indicator element for displaying at least one variable item of information.

11. The analysis device according to claim 10, wherein the indicator element comprises at least one segmented display.

12. The analysis device according to claim 10, wherein the indicator element is at least partially integrated in a lid of the housing of the analysis device, particularly a lid of a cylindrical housing of the analysis device.

13. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the analysis device comprises a lid, wherein the lid is designed such that it can be one or both of pivoted up and flipped up, in order to free at least one internal element of the analysis device.

14. The analysis device according to claim 13, wherein the at least one internal element of the analysis device is selected from the group consisting of an application position on which the liquid sample can be placed, a test element, or a combination thereof.

15. The analysis device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one sample-collecting element, which is operable to puncture an area of skin of a user.

16. The analysis device according to claim 15, wherein the sample-collecting element can be reversibly uncoupled from the rest of the analysis device and used separately.

18. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform a function associated with the menu item corresponding to the adjusted selection position of the selector element.

19. The analysis device according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes at least one inscription of the menu items and the selector element comprises a rotary ring at least partially surrounding the housing, wherein the rotary ring can be rotated relative to the rest of the housing in order to adjust the selection position relative to a menu item.

17. An analysis device for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample, in particular for detecting glucose in a bodily fluid, comprising:

at least one controller configured to provide a function menu with at least three menu items;

at least one mechanically adjustable selector element configured to be adjusted by a user to at least three different selection positions and remain in an adjusted selection position after being adjusted, wherein each selection position corresponds to at least one of the menu items for operation with a function of the analysis device; and

a housing having at least one function marking with at least one inscription perceptible to the user, wherein the function marking designates at least one of the menu items and/or at least a content of at least one of the menu items, wherein the inscription is designed to explain a menu control directly and independently of an electrical functionality of the analysis device and the selector element can be adjusted in one or both of position and orientation relative to the function marking,

wherein the controller is configured to select a menu item corresponding to the adjusted selection position of the selector element, wherein movement of the selector element allows the user to jump directly to predefined menu items, wherein a certain menu item can be selected by a user directly via movement of the selector element, wherein the analysis device further comprises at least one operating element, wherein at least one parameter in the selected menu item can be influenced by the user via the operating element.