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Glucose monitoring instrument having network connectivity

  • US 6,645,142 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2000
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A glucose monitoring system adapted for remote but direct supervision of a patient'"'"'s monitoring activities by a medical practitioner, comprising:

  • a glucose monitoring network; and

    a glucose monitoring device for use by the patient, the glucose monitoring device comprising;

    a glucose detection element for collecting a patient signal proportional to a glucose level of the patient;

    an instrument circuit for processing the patient signal to determine a glucose measurement for the patient;

    a network interface coupled with the glucose monitoring network; and

    a networking circuit coupled with the network interface, the network circuit comprising;

    an interface coupled with the instrument circuit;

    a memory for storing the glucose measurement; and

    a processor coupled with the interface and with the memory, the processor configured to send the glucose measurement over the glucose monitoring network to permit the measurement to be monitored by the medical practitioner, the processor further configured to respond to a lockout command received over the network by placing the glucose monitoring device in a lockout mode in which glucose measurement functionality is not accessible to the patient, and wherein calibration functionality of the glucose monitoring device remains accessible to the patient when the glucose monitoring device is in the lockout mode, such that the patient may follow a calibration procedure to recalibrate and unlock the glucose monitoring device.

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