UNIVERSAL DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM

• US 20140350469A1
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Higgins, Michael, Perry, Jeffrey, FREEMAN, Domnique M.
• Application Number:
  US14/456,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20140350469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/131
• 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 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150221 Valves
• 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 5/150755 Blood sample preparation for further analysis, e.g. by separating blood components or by mixing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150854 long distance, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15113 Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15117 comprising biased elements, resilient elements or a spring, e.g. a helical spring, leaf spring, or elastic strap
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15121 comprising piezos
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15123 comprising magnets or solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1519 comprising driving means, e.g. a spring, for propelling the piercing unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

A portable medical analyzer comprising a sampling module with a sample port for receiving body fluid, an assay sensor module for analysis of the body fluid, an analytical detector module with detection of information from the assay, and a communications module for transferring the information to a remote location via a wired or wireless network.

Claims

1. A portable medical analyzer comprising:

a medical analyzer device;

an injection module positioned in the medical analyzer device, the injection module including a lancet, electronic driving mechanism with an electronic brake and a sample port, wherein the sample port delivers a medicament to a tissue site;

a processor coupled to the electronic driving mechanism;

an injection module housed in the medical analyzer and including an interface with the port and at least one passage way to transport the medicament to the tissue site;

an injection detector positioned in the medial analyzer and including at least one detector positioned to correspond to the injection module with the injection module adapted to determine information about the injection, the injection detector configured to provide for viewing of historical injection data that includes patient trends, download past patient results and show where currently injection measurements fall within historical trends in non-graphic form; and

a communication module adapted to communicate with an information system at a remote location relative to the sampling module, the communication module configured to control local information from the injection module and at least a portion of injection information at the injection module at the remote location, the communication module including local storage for storing locally collected information, with at least a portion of the information from the local storage being transmitted to the remote location to a remote location database, with at least a portion of information from the remote location database being displayable.

2. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the communication module includes a transmitter adapted to transfer information to the remote location.

3. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the communication module includes a receiver adapted to communicate with the remote location.

5. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 2, wherein:

the transmitter is adapted to at least one interface chosen from radio frequency, infrared and standard ports.

6. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 2, wherein:

the transmitter is coupled to at least one interface chosen from radio frequency, infrared and standard ports.

7. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 2, wherein:

the transmitter is adapted to communicate with the remote database.

8. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the information management system includes a system for patient management.

9. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 1, wherein:

the information management system includes a system for administering the portable medical analyzer.

10. The portable medical analyzer of claim 1, wherein:

the information system includes an external database.

11. The portable medical analyzer of claim 1, wherein:

the communication module includes a receiver adapted to receive at least one of, instructions and data from the information system, the communication module further including a transmitter for transmitting information to the information system.

12. The portable medical analyzer of claim 1, wherein:

the communication module includes a local storage unit where collected patient information can be stored.

13. The portable medical analyzer of claim 1, wherein:

the portable medical analyzer is coupled to a remote database.

14. The portable medical analyzer of claim 1, wherein:

the remote database is hosted by a computer that processes patient information.

4. The portable medical analyzer according to claim 4, wherein:

the analytical detector module is adapted to couple via a digital media standard interface.

15. The portable medical analyzer of claim 22, wherein:

processed patient information is sent back to the patient.

16. The portable medical analyzer of claim 22, wherein:

treatment information is sent from the remote site to the patient.