Manufacturing method of sensor transmitter for continuous blood glucose measurement

Abstract

Facilitates monitoring of distribution and sales channels, quality control, and defect tracking for sensor transmitter manufacturing processes. [Solution] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter for continuous blood glucose measurement, and more specifically, provides a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter that generates quality control information by mapping production information of the sensor used in the sensor transmitter and production information of the transmitter during the sensor transmitter assembly process, and stores and manages the generated quality control information on a server, thereby using the quality control information to monitor the distribution or sales channel of the sensor transmitter, or to use it for quality control of the sensor transmitter, or to easily track down defective sensor transmitters.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter for continuous blood glucose measurement, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter that generates quality control information by mapping production information of a sensor and a transmitter used in the sensor transmitter during an assembly process of the sensor transmitter, and stores and manages the generated quality control information in a server, thereby monitoring the distribution or sales route of the sensor transmitter using the quality control information, or using it for quality control of the sensor transmitter, or easily tracking a defective sensor transmitter. [Background technology]

[0002] Diabetes is a chronic disease that commonly occurs among modern people, and in Japan, the number of people affected has reached more than 2 million, equivalent to 5% of the total population.

[0003] Diabetes occurs when there is an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin produced by the pancreas due to various causes such as obesity, stress, poor eating habits, and congenital genetics, which makes it impossible to correct the balance of sugar in the blood, resulting in an absolute excess of sugar in the blood.

[0004] Blood normally contains a certain concentration of glucose, from which tissue cells obtain energy.

[0005] However, if glucose increases more than necessary, it is not properly stored in the liver, muscles, or fat cells, and accumulates in the blood. As a result, diabetic patients maintain blood sugar levels much higher than normal people, and the excess blood sugar passes directly through the tissues and is excreted in the urine, resulting in a shortage of sugar that is absolutely necessary for each tissue of the body, causing abnormalities in each tissue of the body.

[0006] Diabetes is characterized by the fact that in the early stages there are almost no noticeable symptoms, but as the disease progresses, typical symptoms of diabetes appear, such as excessive drinking, eating, and urination, weight loss, general fatigue, itchy skin, and wounds on the hands and feet that do not heal or may last for a long time.As the disease progresses further, complications appear, which can progress to vision problems, high blood pressure, kidney disease, stroke, periodontal disease, muscle spasms and neuralgia, and gangrene.

[0007] In order to diagnose this type of diabetes and manage it so that it does not progress to complications, systematic blood glucose measurement and treatment must be carried out in parallel.

[0008] Diabetes requires constant blood glucose measurement for management, and the demand for blood glucose measurement and related devices is constantly increasing. It has been confirmed through various studies that if diabetic patients strictly control their blood glucose, the occurrence of diabetic complications is significantly reduced. Therefore, it is very important for diabetic patients to regularly measure their blood glucose for blood glucose control.

[0009] Finger prick blood glucose meters are generally used to manage blood glucose levels for diabetics, but since they only show the results at the time of measurement, it is difficult to accurately grasp blood glucose levels that change frequently. Also, blood glucose meters require blood to be drawn every time to measure blood glucose at any time throughout the day, which places a heavy burden on diabetics.

[0010] Diabetic patients generally go through periods of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, but emergency situations occur during hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia occurs when sugar is not sustained for a long period of time, and can result in loss of consciousness or, in the worst case, loss of life. Therefore, it is very important for diabetic patients to detect hypoglycemia immediately. However, blood glucose measuring devices that measure blood glucose intermittently have clear limitations.

[0011] To overcome the limitations of blood sampling type blood glucose measuring devices, a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS) was developed that is inserted into the human body to measure blood glucose every few minutes, and can be used to easily manage diabetic patients and respond to emergency situations.

[0012] The continuous blood glucose measurement system comprises a sensor transmitter that is attached to a part of the user's body to extract body fluids and generate blood glucose bio-information, and a communication terminal that calculates and outputs a blood glucose level from the transmitted blood glucose bio-information. The sensor transmitter is equipped with a continuous blood glucose measurement sensor that is partially inserted into the human body, and the sensor extracts the user's body fluids while inserted for a certain period of time, for example, about 15 days. The sensor transmitter periodically generates blood glucose bio-information from the extracted body fluids, and a blood glucose management application is installed in the communication terminal to periodically receive blood glucose bio-information from the sensor transmitter, calibrate the received blood glucose bio-information, and output it to the user.

[0013] Here, the sensor transmitter is an assembly of a sensor for continuous blood glucose measurement and a transmitter, and is manufactured by assembling the sensor and the transmitter during the manufacturing process.

[0014] Even if continuous blood glucose measuring sensors are manufactured in the same factory, the initial calibration information such as sensor sensitivity and offset varies depending on the manufacturing process or the sensor manufacturing process. Therefore, after the user attaches the sensor transmitter to the body, the sensor must be calibrated using the initial calibration information before measuring blood glucose biometric information.

[0015] Typically, a user activates a blood glucose management application and then directly inputs the initial calibration information printed on the sensor transmitter's packaging paper into a communication terminal to initially calibrate the sensor. However, for elderly or infirm users or users who are not familiar with blood glucose management applications, it is inconvenient to input the initial calibration information, and they may enter incorrect initial calibration information or make a mistake during the input process, making it impossible to obtain an accurate blood glucose value.

[0016] Meanwhile, sensor transmitters are produced by assembling a sensor and a transmitter, and if a defect occurs in a part of the sensor or transmitter during the manufacturing process, the same sensor or a transmitter using the same part must be checked and the defective sensor transmitter must be recalled or users must be informed to stop using the defective sensor transmitter. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0017] The present invention is intended to solve the problems of the conventional sensor transmitters mentioned above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter that can generate and use quality control information in which production information of a sensor and a transmitter used in the sensor transmitter are mapped to each other during the assembly process of the sensor transmitter.

[0018] Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter, which generates a quality control code capable of reading production information for a sensor of the sensor transmitter and quality control information generated from the production information for the transmitter, and attaches a label having the quality control code to an applicator of the sensor transmitter or to an inner or outer wrapping paper of the sensor transmitter, thereby allowing easy input of sensor calibration information to a communication terminal through the quality control code. [Means for solving the problem]

[0019] In order to achieve the object of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter for continuous blood glucose measurement according to the present invention includes the steps of: acquiring production information of a sensor arranged on a tray; acquiring production information of a transmitter arranged on a tray; generating quality control information by mapping the acquired production information of the sensor and the acquired production information of the transmitter to each other; and transmitting the quality control information to a server and storing and managing the quality control information in the server, wherein the sensor and the transmitter are arranged on the same tray, and the sensor and the transmitter arranged on the tray are fastened and assembled to each other in the sensor transmitter after the quality control information is generated.

[0020] Preferably, the method of manufacturing a transmitter according to the present invention further comprises the step of generating a quality control code capable of reading quality control information, and producing a label having the generated quality control code.

[0021] Here, the quality control code is characterized in that it is generated to read only the production information of the transmitter among the quality control information, or to read both the production information of the transmitter and the production information of the sensor.

[0022] Here, the label is attached to at least one of an applicator on which the sensor transmitter is mounted, an inner wrapping of the applicator, and an outer wrapping of the applicator.

[0023] Preferably, the method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to the present invention further includes a step of storing quality control information in a memory of the transmitter, wherein a first area of ​​the memory stores production information of the transmitter among the quality control information, and a second area of ​​the memory stores production information of the sensor among the quality control information.

[0024] Here, the sensor identifier formed on the sensor is read to obtain production information of the sensor.

[0025] In one embodiment of the present invention, a transmitter identifier formed on an outer housing of a transmitter is read to obtain production information of the transmitter.

[0026] In another embodiment of the present invention, the production information of the transmitter is stored in a memory of the transmitter, and the production information of the transmitter is obtained from the memory. Effect of the Invention

[0027] The method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to the present invention has the following advantages.

[0028] The method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to the present invention generates quality control information by mapping production information of a sensor and a transmitter used in the sensor transmitter during the assembly process of the sensor transmitter, and stores and manages the generated quality control information in a server. By using the quality control information, the distribution or sales route of the sensor transmitter can be monitored, or it can be used for quality control of the sensor transmitter, or it can be easily traced for a defective sensor transmitter.

[0029] Meanwhile, the manufacturing method of the sensor transmitter according to the present invention generates a quality control code that can read quality control information made from production information for the sensor and production information for the transmitter during the sensor transmitter assembly process, and attaches a label having the quality control code to the applicator of the sensor transmitter or to the inner or outer wrapping paper, so that the user can easily input various sensor information and transmitter information into the blood glucose management application of the communication terminal through the quality control code. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0030] [Figure 1]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a continuous blood glucose monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating a process of attaching a sensor transmitter to a human body using an applicator. [Diagram 3] 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating a process of attaching a sensor transmitter to a human body using an applicator. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the sensor transmitter according to the present invention. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 shows an example of sensors and transmitters arranged on a tray 230. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining messages transmitted and received between a manufacturing terminal, a management server, and a communication terminal in the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 shows an example of quality control information stored in the management server according to the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a manufacturing terminal according to the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] It should be noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are merely used to describe a specific embodiment and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, unless otherwise specifically defined in the present invention, the technical terms used in the present invention should be interpreted in a way that is generally understood by a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, and should not be interpreted in an overly comprehensive or overly narrow sense. In addition, when the technical terms used in the present invention are incorrect technical terms that cannot accurately express the idea of ​​the present invention, they should be replaced and understood by technical terms that can be correctly understood by a person skilled in the art.

[0032] In addition, singular expressions used in the present invention include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates differently. In the present invention, terms such as "comprise" or "include" should not be interpreted as including all of the components or steps described in the invention, but may include some components or steps not included, or may further include additional components or steps.

[0033] It should also be noted that the attached drawings are intended to facilitate understanding of the concept of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the concept of the present invention.

[0034] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a continuous blood glucose monitoring system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0035] Referring to FIG. 1, a continuous blood glucose monitoring system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor transmitter 10 and a communication terminal 30.

[0036] The sensor transmitter 10 is attached to the body, and when the sensor transmitter 10 is attached to the body, one sensor end of the sensor transmitter 10 is inserted into the skin to periodically extract body fluids from the human body and measure blood glucose bio-information. Here, the sensor transmitter is made up of a sensor that is inserted into the skin to extract body fluids and a transmitter that measures blood glucose bio-information from the body fluids and then transmits the blood glucose bio-information to the communication terminal 30. The sensor and transmitter are assembled together in the factory to manufacture the sensor transmitter, and the sensor transmitter is then attached to an applicator (not shown) that attaches the sensor transmitter to the body.

[0037] The user removes the applicator from the wrapper, places the applicator on the part of the body where the sensor transmitter is to be attached, and then uses the applicator to place the sensor transmitter on the skin.

[0038] After the sensor transmitter 10 is placed on the skin, the sensor transmitter 10 and the communication terminal are connected to each other to transmit and receive blood glucose bio-information measured by the sensor transmitter 10.

[0039] To connect the sensor transmitter 10 and the communication terminal 30 to each other, the user activates the blood glucose management application installed in the communication terminal 30, reads the quality control code on the label attached to the applicator or wrapper to obtain connection information, and automatically connects communication between the sensor transmitter 10 and the communication terminal 30 based on the obtained connection information. Here, the connection information may include the serial number, PIN code, etc. of the sensor transmitter.

[0040] The communication terminal 30 periodically receives blood glucose bio-information from the sensor transmitter 10 after communicating with the sensor transmitter 10, calibrates the received blood glucose bio-information, and displays the generated blood glucose value to the user, and the communication terminal may be a terminal capable of communicating with the sensor transmitter 10, such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, or a notebook. Of course, the communication terminal 30 is not limited thereto, and may be any type of terminal that includes a communication function and can be installed with programs and applications.

[0041] Here, the sensor transmitter 10 and the communication terminal 30 may be communicatively connected to each other by a wired communication method such as a USB cable, or may be communicatively connected to each other by a wireless communication method such as infrared communication, NFC communication, or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

[0042] The communication terminal 30 requires calibration information to be used for calibrating the blood glucose biometric information received from the sensor transmitter 10. Preferably, the communication terminal 30 acquires the sensor calibration information when reading the quality control code through the blood glucose management application, and calibrates the blood glucose biometric information based on the acquired sensor calibration information.

[0043] As described above, the sensor transmitter is attached to a body part through an applicator. FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining a process of attaching the sensor transmitter to the human body using an applicator.

[0044] The applicator 130 includes the sensor transmitter 10 therein and is operated by the user to discharge the sensor transmitter 10 to the outside and attach it to a specific body part of the user. The applicator 130 is formed with one side open, and the sensor transmitter 10 is installed on the applicator 130 through the open side of the applicator 130.

[0045] 2 and 3, the process of attaching the sensor transmitter 10 to the body is described in detail below. With the protective cap removed, the open side of the applicator 130 is brought into close contact with the skin 20 of a specific part of the body. When the applicator 130 is operated with the applicator 130 in close contact with the skin 20 of the body, the sensor transmitter 110 can be attached to the skin 20 while being discharged from the applicator 130. Here, one end of the sensor 12 is exposed from the lower part of the sensor transmitter 10 and is disposed, and one end of the sensor 12 is partially inserted into the skin 20 through a needle provided in the applicator 130. Thus, the sensor transmitter 10 can be attached to the skin 20 with one end of the sensor 12 inserted into the skin 20.

[0046] Here, an adhesive tape may be provided on the body contact surface of the sensor transmitter 10 so that the sensor transmitter 10 can be fixedly attached to the skin 20 of the body. Therefore, when the applicator 130 is separated from the skin 20 of the body, the sensor transmitter 10 is fixedly attached to the skin 20 of the body by the adhesive tape.

[0047] Thereafter, when power is applied to the sensor transmitter 10, the sensor transmitter 10 establishes communication with the communication terminal 30, and transmits the measured blood glucose information to the communication terminal.

[0048] Although the sensor transmitter 10 can measure various types of biological information in addition to blood glucose information, the following description will be given by taking blood glucose information as an example of biological information.

[0049] FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a manufacturing process of the sensor transmitter according to the present invention.

[0050] 4, in the sensor transmitter manufacturing plant, a transport belt 210 is driven, and a plurality of trays 230 on which continuous blood glucose measuring sensors 241 and transmitters 243 are placed are moved along the transport belt 210.

[0051] The reading camera 250 is disposed at the upper end of the transport belt 210 to read the production information of the sensors 241 or transmitters 243 placed on the tray 230 moving along the transport belt 210. Depending on the field to which the present invention is applied, instead of the reading camera 250 disposed at the upper end of the transport belt 210, a portable reading device may be used for an operator to directly read the production information of the sensors 241 or transmitters 243.

[0052] After acquiring production information of the sensors 241 and transmitters 243 placed on the trays 230 moving along the transfer belt 210, workers assemble the sensors 241 and transmitters 243 placed on the trays 230 to manufacture the sensor transmitters 240.

[0053] Fig. 5 shows an example of a sensor and a transmitter placed on a tray 230, and as shown in Fig. 5(a), the sensor 241 is composed of a first part 241-1 in which electrodes connected to the transmitter are formed, and a second part 241-3 to be inserted into the skin, and a sensor identifier 241-5 having manufacturing information of the sensor is formed on the first part 241-1. Meanwhile, as shown in Fig. 5(b), the transmitter 243 has a housing made up of an upper housing 243-1 and a lower housing 243-3, and inside the housing, the sensor 241 is inserted, and a number of parts are provided for generating blood glucose biological information from the body fluid extracted by the sensor and transmitting the blood glucose biological information to a communication terminal. A transmitter identifier 243-5 having manufacturing information of the transmitter is formed on one side of the upper housing 243-1 of the transmitter.

[0054] 4 in more detail, the manufacturing terminal (not shown) maps the production information acquired from the sensors 241 and transmitters 243 placed on the tray 230 to each other to generate quality control information, and the manufacturing terminal generates a quality control code having the quality control information, and then generates a label having the quality control code. Here, the label can be generated using a QR code, a bar code, an RFID, etc. Here, the quality control code can be generated to include only the transmitter production information from the quality control information, or to include both the transmitter production information and the sensor production information.

[0055] The manufacturer assembles the manufactured sensor transmitter 240 to an applicator (not shown), and after assembling the sensor transmitter 240 to the applicator, attaches the produced label to one side of the applicator.

[0056] The labels attached to the applicator can be reproduced in the future sterilization and packaging processes, and attached to the primary packaging paper for sterilization and the secondary packaging paper for shipping, etc., and sold to users.

[0057] After activating the blood glucose management application in the communication terminal, the user can obtain sensor production information or transmitter production information from the label attached to the applicator, primary wrapper, secondary shipping wrapper, etc., and can calibrate blood glucose biometric information using the sensor production information, or easily connect to the communication terminal using the transmitter production information.

[0058] Here, when a manufacturing terminal (not shown) generates quality control information, it can transmit the quality control information to a manufacturer's management server, and the manufacturer's management server can monitor the distribution or sales channels of the sensor transmitters based on the quality control information, or use it for quality control of the sensor transmitters, or easily track down defective sensor transmitters.

[0059] FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining messages transmitted and received between a manufacturing terminal, a management server, and a communication terminal in the present invention.

[0060] Here, the manufacturing terminal is a terminal that is installed in a sensor transmitter manufacturing factory and used to generate quality control information for the sensor transmitter, and the management server is a server that provides a blood glucose management application and performs distribution channels or defective processing of the sensor transmitter using the quality control information, and the manufacturing terminal, management server, and communication terminal are connected to each other via a wired or wireless network.

[0061] More specifically, referring to FIG. 6, a manufacturing terminal that generates quality control information during a manufacturing process of a sensor transmitter transmits the quality control information of the sensor transmitter to a management server (S10).

[0062] The sensor transmitters may be produced in multiple factories with sensors having different characteristics, and the management server stores quality control information for the sensor transmitters produced in each factory.

[0063] Preferably, the manufacturing terminal can generate quality control information including not only the production information of the sensor and the production information of the transmitter, but also the manufacturing time of the sensor transmitter, the factory identifier of the factory where the sensor transmitter was manufactured, etc., and transmit the generated quality control information to the management server.

[0064] A user can register as a member by transmitting membership information for connecting to the management server using a communication terminal to the management server (S30). A user can register as a member by transmitting membership information such as the user's name, user identifier, year, address, nationality, and contact information.

[0065] Thereafter, when the user wishes to use a new sensor transmitter, the user activates the blood glucose management application in the communication terminal, obtains sensor production information or transmitter production information from the quality control code on the label attached to the applicator or wrapper, and transmits the obtained sensor production information or transmitter production information together with membership information to the management server (S50).

[0066] The management server maps and manages the production information of the sensor or the transmitter received from the communication terminal to the member information, and stores and manages the quality control information of the sensor transmitter stored in the management server and the member information who actually uses the corresponding sensor transmitter by mapping and storing it. By doing so, it is possible to monitor the distribution route or sales route, such as which country the sensor transmitter is used in, or to receive the reference blood glucose value measured by the user through a blood glucose meter and the blood glucose biological information measured through a continuous blood glucose meter together with the quality control information of the sensor transmitter from the communication terminal, thereby managing the quality, such as the accuracy of the sensor transmitter, or easily tracing a defective sensor transmitter.

[0067] Thereafter, if a sensor transmitter defect message is received through the communication terminal (S70), the user can use a sensor transmitter manufactured using the same sensor or parts as the sensor transmitter for which the defect message was received based on the defect message, or can transmit alarm information through the communication terminal of the user who purchased the sensor transmitter to request the user to stop using the sensor transmitter based on the alarm information, or replace the sensor transmitter that the user purchased with a new sensor transmitter.

[0068] Here, the abnormality message can be sent directly by the user through the communication terminal at the user's request, or can be automatically sent to the management server if an abnormality is detected by monitoring the blood glucose bio-information measured by the communication terminal or communication failure with the sensor transmitter.

[0069] Fig. 7 shows an example of quality control information stored in the management server according to the present invention, and referring to Fig. 7 in detail, sensor information, transmitter information, and other information are stored in the management server in a mutually mapped manner. The sensor information includes the lot information 0001, 0002 of the corresponding sensor, calibration information 0.05, 0.45, sensor manufacturing date, etc., the transmitter information includes the unique serial number 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D, 200A, 200B, 200C of the corresponding transmitter, pin number 1234, 1234 of the corresponding transmitter, manufacturing date of the corresponding transmitter, etc., and other information includes the factory identifier (factory A, factory B) where the corresponding sensor transmitter was manufactured, and user information (name, nationality, address, etc.) of the user who uses or purchases the corresponding sensor transmitter, which are mutually mapped and stored.

[0070] In this way, the management server stores information on sensors, transmitters, and sensor transmitters, which are mapped to each other. For example, if the sensor transmitter used by user Hong Gil-dong is found to be faulty, an alarm can be sent to other users who are using the same sensor or transmitter to reduce damage caused by erroneous blood glucose measurements.

[0071] In addition, if it is necessary to change the sensor calibration information of the sensor transmitter used by a user, new calibration information can be sent to the communication terminal of a user using the same sensor to accurately monitor blood glucose levels.

[0072] In addition, based on the nationality and address of users of sensor transmitters manufactured at each factory, it is possible to easily grasp the distribution route of the sensor transmitter and the preference of sensor transmitters by nationality and address.

[0073] FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a manufacturing terminal according to the present invention.

[0074] 8, the sensor information acquiring unit 110 acquires sensor production information from the continuous blood glucose measuring sensors placed on a tray moving along the transport belt. Here, the sensor information acquiring unit 110 may use a camera that reads the sensor identifier formed on the sensor, but various reading devices for reading the sensor identifier according to the type of the sensor identifier depending on the field to which the present invention is applied may be used.

[0075] The transmitter acquisition unit 130 acquires the transmitter production information from the transmitters placed on the tray moving along the transfer belt. Here, the transmitter acquisition unit 130 may use a camera that reads the transmitter identifier formed on the transmitter, but may use various reading devices for reading the transmitter identifier according to the type of the transmitter identifier depending on the field to which the present invention is applied. For example, the transmitter production information may be stored in the memory of the transmitter, and the transmitter production information may be acquired from the memory of the transmitter by connecting to the transmitter by wire or wirelessly.

[0076] When acquiring the production information of the sensor and the production information of the transmitter, the information generating unit 150 generates quality control information by mapping the production information of the sensor and the production information of the transmitter to each other, and stores the generated quality control information in the storage unit 170. Preferably, the information generating unit 150 generates a quality control code that allows the quality control information to be read, and provides a label having the quality control code to a separate label generating unit (not shown). The label generating unit can generate a label such that only the production information of the transmitter among the quality control information is readable from the quality control code, or such that both the production information of the transmitter and the production information of the sensor are readable from the quality control code.

[0077] The control unit 180 transmits the quality control information stored in the storage unit 170 to the management server through the communication unit 190 when a set period has elapsed or when a set number of pieces of quality control information are stored in the storage unit 170 by counting the number of pieces of quality control information stored in the storage unit 170. Preferably, the control unit 180 can transmit the quality control information including the manufacturing date of the sensor transmitter, the factory identifier of the sensor transmitter, etc., to the management server.

[0078] Preferably, the control unit 180 can store the generated quality control information in a memory of the transmitter. The sensor production information can be stored in a first area of ​​the transmitter memory, and the transmitter production information can be separately stored in a second area of ​​the transmitter memory.

[0079] Therefore, the user can directly obtain the sensor production information and the transmitter production information by reading the label through the blood glucose management application of the communication terminal, and can also obtain the transmitter production information, such as the serial number and pin code, by reading the label and connecting the communication between the sensor transmitter and the communication terminal, and then automatically receive the sensor production information stored in the transmitter's memory, such as calibration information, lot information, production date, etc., from the sensor transmitter.

[0080] FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to the present invention.

[0081] Referring to FIG. 9 in more detail, sensor production information is obtained from the sensor (S110). Preferably, the sensor production information can be obtained through a sensor identifier formed on the sensor, and here the sensor production information can include lot information including sensor characteristics, the sensor manufacturing plant, the sensor manufacturing date, sensor calibration information, etc.

[0082] The manufacturing information of the transmitter is acquired from the transmitter (S130). Preferably, the manufacturing information of the transmitter can be acquired through a transmitter identifier formed in the transmitter or through a memory of the transmitter, and the manufacturing information of the transmitter can include a manufacturing plant of the transmitter, a manufacturing date of the transmitter, a serial number of the transmitter, a pin number of the transmitter, a manufacturing date of the transmitter, etc.

[0083] The acquired sensor production information and transmitter production information are mapped to each other to generate quality control information for the sensor transmitter (S150). When the quality control information is generated, at least one label having a quality control code indicating the quality control information is generated in the sensor transmitter manufacturing process, and the generated label is attached to an applicator or a wrapping paper in the sensor transmitter manufacturing process (S170).

[0084] Meanwhile, the generated quality control information of the sensor transmitter is transmitted to the management server (S190).

[0085] Meanwhile, the above-described embodiments of the present invention can be created as a program that can be executed by a computer, and can be embodied in a general-purpose digital computer that runs the program using a computer-readable recording medium.

[0086] The computer-readable recording medium includes magnetic storage media (e.g., ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optically readable media (e.g., CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and carrier wave (e.g., transmission through the Internet) storage media.

[0087] The present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but these are merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical ideas of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter for continuous blood glucose measurement, comprising: acquiring production information of the sensors disposed on the tray; acquiring production information of the transmitters disposed in the tray; generating quality control information by mapping the acquired production information of the sensor and the acquired production information of the transmitter to each other; transmitting the quality control information to a server and storing and managing the quality control information in the server; generating a quality control code on which the quality control information can be read, and generating a label having the generated quality control code; Including, The sensors and the transmitters are disposed on equal trays; The sensors and transmitters arranged on the tray are fastened together and assembled with the sensor-transmitter after the quality control information is generated, The label is attached to at least one of an applicator to which the sensor transmitter is attached, an inner wrapper of the applicator, and an outer wrapper of the applicator; The label is generated so that at least one of the quality control information, the transmitter's production information, and the sensor's production information is legible. A method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter.

2. The quality control code is The method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to claim 1, characterized in that the quality control information is generated so that only the production information of the transmitter is readable, or so that both the production information of the transmitter and the production information of the sensor are readable.

3. The method for manufacturing the sensor transmitter includes: storing the quality control information in a memory of the transmitter; 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first area of ​​the memory stores transmitter production information among quality control information, and the second area of ​​the memory stores sensor production information among quality control information.

4. 4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of reading a sensor identifier formed on the sensor to obtain production information of the sensor.

5. 5. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of reading a transmitter identifier formed on an outer housing of the transmitter to obtain production information of the transmitter.

6. The production information of the transmitter is stored in a memory of the transmitter; 6. The method for manufacturing a sensor transmitter according to claim 2, further comprising the step of acquiring production information of the transmitter from the memory.

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