BLOOD GLUCOSE METER WITH LOW COST USER INTERFACE HAVING PROGRAMMED GRAPHIC INDICATORS
First Claim
1. A blood glucose meter with user interface having programmed graphic indicators, comprising:
- a meter housing having a strip port carried by the meter housing;
a meter processor having meter memory carried inside the meter housing;
a measurement module coupled to the strip port and connected to the meter processor;
a meter communications port coupled to the meter processor;
a meter display coupled to the processor, comprisinga color glucose scale that is static and carried by the meter housing, the colorglucose scale comprises,a first color area designating a user target range,a second color area designating an above target range, anda third color area designating a below target range,a monochrome segmented display coupled to the processor;
a plurality of numbers on the monochrome segmented display that display a blood glucose measurement numerically,a plurality of indicators, comprisestarget range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the first color area of color glucose scale,above target range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the second color area of color glucose scale, andbelow target range of indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the third color area of color glucose scale, andan indicator scaling module located in meter memory that is non-transient configured to calculate an indicator range for each of the plurality of indicators in relation to a user target range that is specific to the user.
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Abstract
A blood glucose meter with a low cost user interface has a color glucose scale that is indexed by indicators programmed according to the user'"'"'s blood glucose target range through a separating computing device due to the limited meter user interface. The color glucose scale is static and placed adjacent to the indicator such as by being molded into the housing, printed on the housing, or attached to the display. The low cost user interface has a monochrome segmented display with certain segments serving as a plurality of indicators. An indicator scaling module uses the target blood glucose range of the person with diabetes to calculate the blood glucose ranges for each indictor to index the color glucose measurement scale. The indicator scaling module can also assign attributes to the indicator such as flashing. The graphic representation of the user'"'"'s blood glucose measurement aids in user interpretation.
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21 Claims
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1. A blood glucose meter with user interface having programmed graphic indicators, comprising:
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a meter housing having a strip port carried by the meter housing; a meter processor having meter memory carried inside the meter housing; a measurement module coupled to the strip port and connected to the meter processor; a meter communications port coupled to the meter processor; a meter display coupled to the processor, comprising a color glucose scale that is static and carried by the meter housing, the color glucose scale comprises, a first color area designating a user target range, a second color area designating an above target range, and a third color area designating a below target range, a monochrome segmented display coupled to the processor; a plurality of numbers on the monochrome segmented display that display a blood glucose measurement numerically, a plurality of indicators, comprises target range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the first color area of color glucose scale, above target range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the second color area of color glucose scale, and below target range of indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the third color area of color glucose scale, and an indicator scaling module located in meter memory that is non-transient configured to calculate an indicator range for each of the plurality of indicators in relation to a user target range that is specific to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A blood glucose measurement system with user interface having programmed graphic indicators, comprising:
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a meter housing having a strip port carried by the meter housing; a meter processor having meter memory carried by the meter housing; a measurement module coupled to the strip port and connected to the meter processor; a meter communications port coupled to the meter processor; a meter display coupled to the processor, comprising a color glucose scale that is static and carried by the housing, the color glucose scale comprises, a first color area designating a user target range, a second color area designating an above target range, and a third color area designating a below target range, a monochrome segmented display coupled to the processor; a plurality of numbers on the monochrome segmented display that display a blood glucose measurement numerically, a plurality of indicators, comprises target range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the first color area of color glucose scale, above target range indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the second color area of color glucose scale, and below target range of indicators on the monochrome segmented display located adjacent to the third color area of color glucose scale, and an indicator scaling module located in meter memory that is non-transient configured to calculate an indicator range for each of the plurality of indicators in relation to a user target range that is specific to the user; a computing device having a device housing; a device processor have device memory carried inside the device housing; a device user interface coupled to buttons carried inside the device housing; a device communications port coupled to the device processor; a device display coupled to the processor; and a target range field on the device display for entering a user target range that is communicated from the device communications port to the meter communications port for programming the user target range into the blood glucose meter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for programming graphic indicators on a blood glucose meter with user interface, comprising:
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establishing communications between the blood glucose meter and a computing device; launching a diabetes application on the computing device; entering a target range into the diabetes application on the computing device; transmitting the target range from the computing device to a blood glucose meter; calculating a target indicator range for each of the target range indicators, by the blood glucose meter, by sub-dividing the user'"'"'s target range by the target range indicators quantity; calculating an above target indicator range for each of the above target range indicators, by the blood glucose meter, by sub-dividing the user'"'"'s above target range by the above target range indicator quantity; calculating a below target indicator range for each of the below target range indicators, by the blood glucose meter, by sub-dividing a user below target range by the below target range indicator quantity; storing indicator ranges into non-transient memory, by the blood glucose meter, the target indicator range for each of the target range indicators, the above indicator range for each of the above target range indicators, and the below indicator range for each of the below target range indicators; inserting a test strip into a strip port of the handheld blood glucose meter to activate the blood glucose meter; applying a blood sample to the test strip to perform a blood glucose measurement; calculating the blood glucose measurement by the blood glucose meter; displaying the blood glucose measurement numerically on the blood glucose meter; and displaying the blood glucose measurement graphically by one of a plurality of indicators indexing a color glucose scale. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A blood glucose meter with user interface having programmable graphic indicators, comprising:
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a meter housing having a strip port; a meter processor having meter memory carried inside the meter housing; a measurement module coupled to the strip port and connected to the meter processor; a meter display coupled to the processor, a color glucose scale that is static and located adjacent to the display, the color glucose scale comprises, a first color area designating a user target range, a second color area designating an above target range, and a third color area designating a below target range, wherein the display is capable to display a plurality of numbers that display a blood glucose measurement numerically, and at least one indicator, comprises target range indicator displayed adjacent to the first color area of color glucose scale, if the blood glucose measurement is within the user target range or an above target range indicator displayed adjacent to the second color area of color glucose scale, if the blood glucose measurement is within the above target range or a below target range indicator displayed adjacent to the third color area of color glucose scale, if the blood glucose measurement is within the below target range and an indicator scaling module located in meter memory that is non-transient characterized in that the indicator scaling module calculates an indicator range for each of the target ranges based on an user input so that the target ranges are specific to the user and the at least one target range indicator is displayed adjacent to a color area based on the calculated indicator ranges. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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