Subcutaneous Analyte Sensor Data Archiving via Persistent Partition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current glucose monitoring systems for diabetic patients face challenges in providing continuous and accurate glucose level measurements, with existing devices often requiring calibration and having limitations in data storage and retrieval, which can complicate diagnosis and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A medical system comprising a control unit and a medical appliance with a subcutaneous analyte sensor, a pump system, and wireless communication modules, allowing for continuous glucose monitoring, data storage in a persistent partition for archiving, and secure data exchange, enabling reliable glucose level monitoring and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If glucose monitoring systems use temporary data storage in application memory, then the system is simpler to implement, but data is lost when the application is de-installed
Solution Approach 1:
The memory is divided into two distinct partitions: application memory for active data storage and persistent partition for permanent data archiving. This segmentation ensures that data is preserved across application lifecycle changes while maintaining simple access structures within each partition.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes a persistent partition during initial system setup, before any application data needs to be archived. This preliminary action ensures data preservation capability is built-in from the start, eliminating the need for complex data migration procedures later.
2Loss of information
If the system implements continuous glucose monitoring with persistent data storage, then data availability for diagnosis is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The memory system is segmented into application-specific temporary storage and a dedicated persistent partition for long-term archiving. This clear separation ensures data retention across application lifecycle events while keeping the overall system architecture manageable through modular memory management.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the medical appliance includes multiple functional components (sensor, pump, wireless communication), then the system provides comprehensive glucose management, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional components including the analyte sensor, pump system, wireless communication modules, and data processing units are merged into a single integrated medical appliance. This consolidation provides comprehensive glucose management capabilities while reducing the number of separate devices the patient must manage.
Solution Approach 2:
The medical appliance is designed as a multi-functional device that simultaneously performs continuous glucose monitoring, insulin delivery, wireless data transmission, and local data archiving. This universal design allows a single device to replace multiple separate medical tools, enhancing adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides persistent data storage and secure communication, ensuring continuous glucose monitoring and management, facilitating diagnosis and maintenance by maintaining data availability even after application de-installation, and enabling secure data access for healthcare practitioners.
Implementation Method 1
at least one test zones which comprise a reagent, to react with the analyte to produce a detectable change
Implementation Method 2
a first wireless communication module... a second wireless communication module... for exchanging wireless communication and messages
Data Source
AI summary
The invention provides for a medical system comprising a control unit and a medical appliance. The medical appliance comprises: a first processor and a monitoring system for measuring an analyte concentration subcutaneously. The control unit comprises a second processor and a second memory with a persistent partition and an application partition containing a medical application and application data comprising a medical data entry. The medical application backs up the application data as archived data in the persistent partition. The first processor is programmed to: record the analyte concentration, generate the medical data entry using the analyte concentration, and transfer the medical data entry to the control unit. The second memory further contains an operating system operable for de-installing the medical application without deleting the archived data.