Handheld blood glucose monitoring device with messaging capability

摘要

A patient monitoring network pertaining to blood glucose and other analyte measurements includes wireless blood glucose or other analyte measuring devices and a networked computer or server. Each monitoring device is associated with a patient and is configured to measure the glucose level or other analyte from a given blood sample via inserted test strips, transmit the measurements to the networked computer, and display received messages. The blood glucose monitoring device includes means for substantially reducing factors that could affect the glucose measurement such as thermal and RF interference.

主权项

1. A handheld analyte monitoring device comprising:
an analyte sensing subsystem configured to measure an analyte from a patient; a radio transceiver subsystem configured to receive analyte measurements from the analyte sensing subsystem and to transmit the analyte measurements over a wireless communications link, wherein the radio transceiver subsystem is further configured to reduce RF interference with the analyte measurement by deactivating emissions from the radio transceiver subsystem during analyte measurement; and a thermally segregated temperature sensor associated with the device, wherein the thermally segregated temperature sensor is disposed at a distal end of a stalk extending outward from an enclosure around the analyte monitoring device.