KIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLOOD SUGAR

• US 20130053668A1
• Filed: 08/24/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compose Element Limited
• Original Assignee: Compose Element Limited
• Inventors: Lin, Tsu-Tai
• Application Number:
  US13/594,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20130053668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/362
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14517 for sweat
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1486 using enzyme electrodes, e.g. with immobilised oxidase

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kit for detecting blood sugar. The present invention also relates to a method for detecting blood sugar according to the kit. The kit comprises an adhesive sweat absorption device comprising: a sweat absorption patch for absorbing sweat of a subject; a detector layer for generating electronic signals according to the sugar level of sweat absorbed by the sweat absorption patch; a signal amplifier for amplifying electronic signals generated by the detector layer; a wireless transmitter for sending amplified electronic signals generated by the signal amplifier to a remote signal receiver, in order to calculate blood sugar level; and a power supply device for supplying electric power required for operation of detector layer.

Claims

1. A kit for detecting blood sugar, comprising:

a sweat absorption patch, comprising a polyurethane membrane layer, a pressure sensitive adhesion layer, a meltdown nonwoven and a hydrogel layer, for absorbing sweat of a subject to be detected via the hydrogel layer;

a detector layer, placed above the hydrogel layer, for detecting a sugar level of the sweat absorbed by the sweat absorption patch and generating corresponding electronic signals;

a signal amplifier, coupled to the detector layer, for amplifying the electronic signals generated by the detector layer;

a wireless transmitter, coupled to the signals amplifier, for sending the amplified electronic signals generated by the signal amplifier to a remote signal receiver, building internally a conversion function between the sugar level of the sweat and a blood sugar level, to calculate the blood sugar level of the subject to be detected; and

a power supply device, placed above the polyurethane membrane of the sweat absorption patch and respectively connected to the detector layer, the signal amplifier and the wireless transmitter, for supplying electric power required for operation thereof.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the sweat absorption patch further comprises a releasing layer, located at a lower side of the hydrogel layer, serving as a protection envelope when the sweat absorption patch is not in use.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the remote signal receiver comprises a display unit to display value of the sweat sugar and/or the blood sugar.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein interface of the wireless transmitter is radio, WLAN, infrared ray, bluetooth, radio frequency, GSM, PHS, CDMA or other wireless interfaces.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein the power supply device is an electric power storage device.

6. The kit of claim 1, wherein the sweat absorption patch comprises:

a. the polyurethane membrane layer which is an unidirectional penetrating membrane with tension, waterproof, and water vapor permeability;

b. the pressure sensitive adhesion layer which is of a hydrophobic material coated on the polyurethane membrane layer to fit with skin;

c. the meltblown nonwoven which is of a hydrophobic material with multi-directional elastic tension; and

d. the hydrogel layer which is of a hydrophilic material,

wherein the meltblown nonwoven and the hydrogel layer are adhered together by UV irradiation to form an interpenetrating polymer network, and part of fibers of the meltblown nonwoven are exposed and stably adhered to the pressure sensitive adhesive layer resulting in multi-directional elasticity of the hydrogel layer to be adapted to different parts of the skin, and wherein the detector layer is interposed between the hydrogel layer and the meltdown nonwoven for adhering together by the UV irradiation.

7. The kit of claim 6, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a monomer, a plasticizer, a photoinitiator, a cross-linking agent and a thickener.

8. The kit of claim 6, wherein weight ratios of component in the hydrogel layer are:

9. The kit of claim 1, wherein the detector layer comprises reduction electrodes for detecting potential difference in oxidation.

10. A method for detecting blood sugar using the kit for detecting blood sugar of claim 1, comprising:

a. adhering the sweat absorption patch on a subject to be detected for absorbing sweat;

b. detecting a sugar level of the absorbed sweat via the detector layer located on an upper side of the hydrogel layer in the sweat absorption patch of the kit and generating corresponding electronic signals;

c. amplifying the electronic signals generated by the detector layer through the signal amplifier;

d. transmitting the amplified electronic signals from the signal amplifier to the remote signal receiver through the wireless transmitter; and

e. calculating blood sugar level of the subject to be detected from the electronic signals received by the remote signal receiver, using a conversion function between the sugar level of the sweat and the blood sugar level.