Fluid analyte meter system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10347371-B2
Application number	US-201514878125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2007
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a data storage system that stores health data and a second housing portion including a data communications element. The data communications element provides data communications between the data storage system and a processing device that processes the health data according to a data-management software. The first housing portion and the second housing portion are connected by a cable that communicates signals between the data communications element and other components in the first housing portion. Another device for managing health data provides a first housing portion including a health data management system and a data communications element that provides data communications between the health data management system and an external processing device. The second housing portion is removably coupled to the first housing portion, and includes at least one component used by the health data management system.

First claim

What we claim is:

1. A system comprising:
a housing having a port;
an analyte-measurement system positioned within the housing and being configured to measure an analyte concentration in a fluid sample received via a test sensor coupled to the port;
a data communications element configured to electronically couple the system to an external device to provide data communications between the system and the external device; and
a power source that provides power to the analyte-measurement system when the power source is connected to the housing according to a first orientation and does not provide power to the analyte-measurement system when the power source is connected to the housing according to a second orientation, the power source including a battery and moving the power source between the first orientation and the second orientation causes the battery to move.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data communications element is a USB interface element that physically couples with the external device to provide the data communications.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the data communications element at least partially protrudes from a first end of the housing.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the USB interface element is a mini-USB element or a micro-USB element.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data communications element is a USB interface element that physically couples with the power source to provide the power to the analyte-measurement system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data communications element is a wireless connector that wireless couples with the external device to provide the data communications.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the wireless connector is a Bluetooth wireless connector.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power is transmitted from the power source to the analyte-measurement system via the data communications element.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power source is not the first external device.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a cap storing a plurality of test sensors therein, the cap being removably coupled to the housing.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein in the first orientation, the power source is connected to a first end of the housing such that the power source has a first rotational orientation and wherein in the second orientation, the power source is connected to the first end of the housing such that the power source has a second rotational orientation, the second rotational orientation being 180 degrees different than the first rotational orientation.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the battery is a rechargeable battery.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface coupled to the housing, the user interface being configured to display results from the analyte-measurement system.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external device is a smart phone.

15. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a power supply positioned within the housing, the power supply being separate and distinct from the power source, the power source being configured to recharge the power supply positioned within the housing when the power source is connected to the housing according to the first orientation.

16. A system comprising:
a housing having a port;
an analyte-measurement system positioned within the housing and being configured to generate health data by measuring an analyte concentration in a fluid sample received via a test sensor coupled to the port;
a first power source positioned within the housing and being configured to power analyte-measurement system;
a data communications element coupled to the housing and being configured to wirelessly couple the system to an external device to provide data communications between the system and the external device and being configured to wirelessly transmit the generated health data from the system to the external device; and
a second power source positioned external to the housing and when connected to the housing according to a first orientation, being configured to (i) provide power to the analyte-measurement system, (ii) recharge the first power source, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), the second power source including a battery and moving the second power source between the first orientation and a second orientation causes the battery to move.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the second power source does not provide power to the analyte-measurement system when the second power source is connected to the housing according to the second orientation.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless connection is a Bluetooth wireless connection.

19. The system of claim 16 , further comprising a user interface coupled to the housing, the user interface being configured to display the health data.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the external device is a smart phone.

21. The system of claim 16 , wherein the data communications element at least partially protrudes from the housing.

22. The system of claim 16 , wherein the data communications element is a USB interface element.

23. The system of claim 17 , wherein the second orientation is about 180 degrees different than the first orientation.

24. A system comprising:
a housing having a port;
an analyte-measurement system positioned within the housing and being configured to measure an analyte concentration in a fluid sample received via a test sensor coupled to the port;
a data communications element configured to electronically couple the system to an external device to provide data communications between the system and the external device; and
a power source that provides power to the analyte-measurement system when the power source is coupled to the housing according to a first rotational orientation and does not provide power to the analyte-measurement system when the power source is coupled to the housing according to a second rotational orientation, the second rotational orientation being about 180 degrees different than the first rotational orientation.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the data communications element is a USB interface element that physically couples with the external device to provide the data communications.

26. The system of claim 25 , further comprising a power supply positioned within the housing, the power supply being separate and distinct from the power source, the power source being configured to recharge the power supply positioned within the housing when the power source is coupled to the housing according to the first rotational orientation.

Assignees

• Bayer Healthcare Llc
• Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings Ag

Inventors

• Brown Darren
• Chen Jun
• Gofman Igor
• Harris Steven B
• Inman Paul L
• Kates Richard
• Li Qiong
• Lieber Harris
• Ripley Paul M
• Stefkovic Gregory
• Sun Hoi-Cheong Steven
• Wu Mu
• Yao Raymond
• Yao Simin

Classifications

• G06F1/1605

  Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones · CPC title

• G06F13/385 Primary

  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

• G06F13/4081

  Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging (current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004) · CPC title

• A61B5/14532 Primary

  for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement · CPC title

• G06F16/182

  Distributed file systems · CPC title