Wearable Analyte Sensor Transceiver with Multi-Modal Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional analyte monitoring systems require users to be in close proximity to a receiver to receive visual, aural, or vibratory alarms and information, limiting their accessibility and usability.
Innovation Solution
An on-body, wearable transceiver that wirelessly communicates with an analyte sensor, capable of generating vibrational, aural, and visual signals for notifications, and can transmit data to a smartphone, allowing for independent alerts and feedback regardless of proximity to the receiver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If all alarm and notification functions are provided by a separate receiver, then the system can provide visual, aural, and vibratory feedback, but the user must be within close proximity of the receiver to receive notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the notification device (capable of visual, aural, and vibratory feedback) directly into the transceiver unit. This merging eliminates the need for a separate receiver device, allowing users to receive notifications directly at the analyte sensor site without needing to be near a separate receiver, thereby improving notification accessibility while consolidating system structure.
2Reliability
If the transceiver is worn on the body close to the analyte sensor, then wireless communication with the sensor is optimized, but the user cannot easily see or interact with the device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monitoring system into two functional components: a transceiver unit worn on the body close to the analyte sensor for reliable wireless communication, and a separate display/interaction device (such as a smartphone) that the user can easily see and interact with. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its function while working together as an integrated system.
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AI summary
A transceiver for interfacing with an analyte sensor. The transceiver may include an interface device and a notification device. The interface device may be configured to convey a power signal to the analyte sensor and to receive data signals from the analyte sensor. The notification device may be configured to generate one or more of a vibrational, aural, and visual signal based on one or more data signals received from the analyte sensor. The interface device of the transceiver may receive analyte data from the analyte sensor, and the transceiver may comprise a processor configured to calculate an analyte concentration value based on the received analyte data. The notification device may be configured to generate one or more of aural, visual, or vibrational alarm when the calculated analyte concentration value exceeds or falls below a threshold value.