Glucose Meter Wireless Data Transfer Status Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Persons with diabetes face challenges in automatically transferring blood glucose measurements from handheld glucose meters to portable communication devices, such as mobile phones, for data analysis and management.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for seamlessly transferring blood glucose measures from a handheld glucose meter to a diabetes management application on a portable computing device via a wireless data link, including automatic transmission and user-friendly interface features for displaying status during data transfer, using a glucose meter with a port for test strips, a glucose measurement module, and a wireless transceiver, along with a user interface module for displaying measures and indicating data transfer on the glucose meter.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic wireless transmission of glucose measures is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The glucose meter automatically transmits glucose measurement data to the portable computing device without requiring user initiation or intervention. The system self-services by detecting the presence of the portable device and autonomously initiating the wireless data transfer, eliminating the need for manual upload operations.
Solution Approach 2:
A wireless communication interface acts as an intermediary between the glucose meter and the portable computing device, enabling automatic data transmission. This intermediary component facilitates seamless communication while managing the complexity of wireless protocols and data formatting internally.
2Loss of information
If data transfer status is displayed during transmission, then loss of information is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The glucose meter provides real-time feedback to the user during the data transmission process by displaying status indicators on its screen. This feedback mechanism informs the user about the transmission state (e.g., transferring, completed, failed), reducing uncertainty and information loss while maintaining relatively simple implementation through basic display updates.
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AI summary
Persons with diabetes often carry a handheld glucose meter as well as a portable computing device, such as a mobile phone. Given the close proximity of these two devices, the portable computing device can serve as a data collector for the glucose measures taken by the glucose meter. Improved techniques are set forth for transferring glucose measures automatically and seamlessly to the patient's portable computing device, including displaying a value for the glucose measure along with an identifier for the portable computing device on a display of the glucose meter during the data exchange with the portable computing device.