×

Sensor detection pads with integrated fuse

  • US 9,689,830 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2014
  • Issued: 06/27/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A monitor system to record a characteristic of a user, the system comprising:

  • a sensor to produce signals indicative of a glucose characteristic measured in the user, the sensor having a connector with a plurality of contacts, wherein at least one element of a fuse system is implemented on the connector, the at least one element of the fuse system comprising;

    at least two contacts shorted by a fuse trace, the fuse trace comprising narrowing material that also makes up the at least two contacts; and

    an electronics package that includes a package housing,a battery being contained within the package housing,a package port interfaced with the connector to receive the produced signals from the sensor,a fuse timer; and

    a package processor programmed to execute instructions of machine readable program code stored in non-volatile memory comprising;

    processing the signals from the sensor;

    storing the processed signals in non-volatile memory; and

    controlling the fuse system,wherein upon detecting that the package port is interfaced with the connector of the sensor, initiating the fuse timer for a specified time, andcausing the fuse trace to be destroyed after the fuse timer reaches a threshold value.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×