Analyte concentration information collection and communication system
First Claim
1. A device for collecting and communicating analyte concentration information comprising:
- a monitoring instrument adapted to operate in a collection mode and an interface mode in accordance with predetermined parameters, the monitoring instrument receiving the analyte concentration information and generating and storing information data representative of the analyte concentration information in the collection mode; and
a communication module adapted to operate in the interface mode and a transmission mode, the communication module interfacing with the monitoring instrument to download the information data from the monitoring instrument in the interface mode, the communication module selectively transmitting the information data to an internet site and/or an electronic bulletin board in the transmission mode, the communication module comprising;
a communication port for effecting the interfacing of the communication module with the monitoring instrument;
a communication means for effecting the transmission of the information data to the internet site and/or electronic bulletin board, the communication means encoding the information data in a format selected from the group consisting of morse code, DTMF, Baudot, ASCII and Binary-Coded Decimal; and
an input means capable of inputting at least a portion of the predetermined parameters to the communication module.
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Abstract
A monitoring system which collects patient physiological date is designed specifically for communication with a communication module which facilitates data transfer from the monitoring system to a remote site. The communication module has data input mechanisms to facilitate setting parameters of the monitoring system and/or the communication module. The communication module is provided with a modem member which is used to communicate with the remote site and an optional data exchange module which is designed to communicate the same information with a local computer system. The remote site may be a bulletin board system or internet site where the monitoring information can be stored by the patient using the monitoring system by patient identification or name and include monitoring readings, time and date stamp, conditions such as meal times, exercise times and therapy amounts and their associated date and time.
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65 Claims
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1. A device for collecting and communicating analyte concentration information comprising:
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a monitoring instrument adapted to operate in a collection mode and an interface mode in accordance with predetermined parameters, the monitoring instrument receiving the analyte concentration information and generating and storing information data representative of the analyte concentration information in the collection mode; and a communication module adapted to operate in the interface mode and a transmission mode, the communication module interfacing with the monitoring instrument to download the information data from the monitoring instrument in the interface mode, the communication module selectively transmitting the information data to an internet site and/or an electronic bulletin board in the transmission mode, the communication module comprising; a communication port for effecting the interfacing of the communication module with the monitoring instrument; a communication means for effecting the transmission of the information data to the internet site and/or electronic bulletin board, the communication means encoding the information data in a format selected from the group consisting of morse code, DTMF, Baudot, ASCII and Binary-Coded Decimal; and an input means capable of inputting at least a portion of the predetermined parameters to the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A communication device for manipulating information data representative of analyte concentration information, the communication device comprising:
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means for generating the analyte concentration information; means for conveying the analyte concentration information into digital form; means for encoding the information data in a format selected from the group consisting of morse code, DTMF, Baudot, ASCII, and Binary-Coded Decimal means for transmitting the converted analyte concentration information to an internet site and/or an electronic bulletin board. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for collecting and communicating analyte concentration information comprising:
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gathering, in a collection mode, the analyte concentration information in an monitoring instrument; generating, in the collection mode, information data representative of the analyte concentration information; downloading, in an interfacing mode, the information data from the monitoring instrument to a communication module; encoding the information data in a format selected from the group consisting of morse code, DTMF, Baudot, ASCII and Binary-Coded Decimal; and selectively sending the encoded information data, in a transmission mode, from the communication module to at least one of an internet site and an electronic bulletin board. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of manipulating information data representative of analyte concentration information, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating the analyte concentration information; converting the analyte concentration information into digital form; and encoding the converted analyte concentration information in a format selected from the group consisting of morse code, DTMF, Baudot, ASCII, and Binary-Coded Decimal; and transmitting the encoded analyte concentration information to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65)
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Specification