Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the risk of breakdown, even if the dimensions of the sample chamber and electrodes become further smaller. SOLUTION: The removable data storage device for a measuring instrument which uses a test strip to measure the concentration of an object to be analyzed in a liquid sample is configured, to include a carrier having a proximal and distal end, and including a circuit board. The circuit board has electrical contacts, including a ground contact and a voltage supply contact electrically connected to the measuring instrument at predetermined positions. The circuit board includes a nonvolatile memory storing data used by the measuring instrument. The data includes constants used by machine language instructions stored in the memory of the measuring instrument. When the removable data storage device is inserted into the measuring instrument in the preferred orientation, the ground contact becomes electrically connected to the measuring instrument before the voltage supply contact; and when the removable data storage device is removed from the measuring instrument, the ground contact becomes electrically disconnected from the measuring instrument after the voltage supply contact. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sample chamber. The auto-on conductor causes the meter to wake up and perform a test strip sequence when the test strip is inserted in the meter. The meter uses the working and counter electrodes to initially detect the blood sample in the sample chamber and uses the fill-detect electrodes to check that the blood sample has mixed with the reagent layer. The meter applies an assay voltage between the working and counter electrodes and measures the resulting current. The meter calculates the glucose level based on the measured current and calibration data saved in memory from a removable data storage device associated with the test strip.
Abstract:
An auto-calibration system for diagnostic test strips is described for presenting data individually carried on each test strip readable by a diagnostic meter. The carried data may include an embedded code relating to data particular to that individual strip. The data is presented so at to be read by a meter associated with the diagnostic test strip in order to avoid manually inputting the information.
Abstract:
A container for a diagnostic testing system consists essentially of a media dispenser embedded in the container and configured to house a plurality of test media; a first positioning device arranged on or near a first surface of the media dispenser and configured to push the plurality of test media toward a second surface of the media dispenser; and a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to one of the plurality of test media, the meter including a closure portion configured to close the container.
Abstract:
A system for diagnostic testing, including a meter assembly that communicates with a partner device, such as a PC, The device can be made compact, convenient to carry, and easily connectable to a variety of electronics devices.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a system for diagnostic testing, the system comprising a dual-functionality meter device configured to have two alternative modes of operation, wherein in a first mode the meter device performs a diagnostic test on a sample applied to test media, and in a second mode the meter device functions as a USB mass storage device, the meter device having a housing, the housing containing a test media interface, a data storage device comprising a non-volatile memory, and a data communication interface comprising a USB data connector.
Abstract:
A system for diagnostic testing may include a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test media, the meter having a housing and an interface for receiving a signal representing coding information, and a container configured to contain test media compatible with the meter, the container having a coding element associated therewith. Additionally, the system may provide a mechanisms for removing the meter from an interconnected test container and reattaching it to a new container using on-container coding methods that can recalibrate the meter for the new container of test strips. The system may further provide a sampling device, such as a lancet, operably connected to the container such that that a user may use the sampling device to obtain a sample without disconnecting the sampling device from the container. In addition, the system may further provide a refillable test strip container which includes a foil pouch of test strips with a desiccant pill used to refill test strip container when empty.
Abstract:
A system for diagnostic testing may include a meter for performing a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test media, the meter having a housing and an interface for receiving a signal representing coding information, and a container configured to contain test media compatible with the meter, the container having a coding element associated therewith. Additionally, the system may provide a mechanism for removing the meter from an interconnected test container and reattaching it to a new container using on-container coding methods that can recalibrate the meter for the new container of test strips.