Analyte-testing device

• US 8,679,847 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Chang, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sines, Brian J
• Application Number:
  US13/657,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20130044119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 436/43, 436/44, 436/63, 436/65, 436/66, 436/71, 436/174, 422/50, 422/68.1
• US Class Current: 436/43
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/11 Automated chemical analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/110833 Utilizing a moving indicator strip or tape
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/25 including sample preparation

Abstract

A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.

Claims

1. A method of using a device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor, the method comprising the acts of:

providing a device comprising a display, at least one user-interface mechanism, a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, and a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations;

interacting with the at least one user-interface mechanism, the at least one user-interface mechanism being adapted to assist in displaying at least one of the plurality of stored analyte concentrations on the display;

determining whether a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening; and

if a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening, inhibiting the plurality of stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the act of, if a test sensor is not positioned in the at least one opening, displaying at least one of the plurality of stored analyte concentrations on the display.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the act of, upon removing the test sensor from the at least one opening, allowing the plurality of stored analyte concentrations to be displayed on the display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the device further includes a software component adapted to inhibit the plurality of stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the device further includes a detector positioned proximate to the at least one opening.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the act of determining whether a test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening includes the detector detecting that the test sensor is positioned in the at least one opening.