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Publication Number
US-8257651-B2
Publication Date
2012-09-04
Expiration Date
Abstract
In one embodiment the present invention provides a blood analyte meter that is user-friendly and easy to use. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention an analyte measurement device, for use with a test strip for determining the amount of an analyte in a sample, displays a hierarchy of information or options to a user. The hierarchy of information or options may include, among other information or options, subroutines that are performable by the processor of the device, stored data related to past tests performed by the user, and alarm features of the device. A user scrolls through and selects individual options or pieces of information by rotating and translating a rotatable user interface around and along an axis of rotation.
Core Innovation
An analyte measurement device is described for use with a test strip to determine the amount of an analyte in a sample. The device includes an analyte meter with a processor programmed to display a hierarchy of information or options having a plurality of levels, a test strip interface for receiving a diagnostic test strip, and a meter display communicatively coupled to the processor. Each level of the plurality of levels includes information or options selected from selectable lower level, selectable upper level, selectable subroutine, and selectable parameter.
One of the plurality of levels includes a selectable subroutine performable by the processor that is a diagnostic test subroutine. The processor is programmed to perform a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test strip received within the test strip interface to determine a concentration of an analyte within the sample. The processor is also programmed to store data in the hierarchy of information related to the test.
A rotatable user interface is communicatively coupled to the processor and accessible on the outside of the housing. The rotatable user interface is rotationally and translationally connected about the housing to permit rotation around an axis of rotation and translation along the axis of rotation, with rotation scrolling through information or options in an open level and translation selecting a lower level, an upper level, a subroutine, or a parameter from an open level.
In a related device configuration, a rotatable user interface rotationally scrolls through an open level, and a selecting user interface is activated to select a lower level, an upper level, a subroutine, or a parameter from the open level. A combination of rotation of the rotatable user interface and activation of the selecting user interface scrolls to and selects the diagnostic test subroutine. The described hierarchy-based navigation and processor-driven diagnostic test subroutine together support user access to diagnostic testing and stored data.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims are clm-00001, clm-00014, clm-00017, and clm-00018. Across these independent claims, four main inventive features are repeatedly defined: a processor-displayed multi-level hierarchy with diagnostic test subroutine, storage of test-related data in the hierarchy, external user-interface navigation by rotation and translation or rotation plus activation, and a housing/test-strip interface arrangement for receiving a diagnostic test strip and displaying the hierarchy.
Multi-level hierarchy for user-selectable information, subroutines, and parameters
A processor is programmed to display a hierarchy of information or options having a plurality of levels, where each level comprises information or options selected from selectable lower level, selectable upper level, selectable subroutine performable by the processor, and selectable parameter.
Diagnostic test subroutine that performs analyte concentration determination and stores hierarchy data
One level includes a selectable diagnostic test subroutine performable by the processor, wherein the processor performs a diagnostic test on a sample applied to a test strip received within the test strip interface to determine a concentration of an analyte within the sample and stores data in the hierarchy of information related to the test.
Rotation of external user interface scrolls through an open hierarchy level
A rotatable user interface accessible on the outside of the housing is rotationally and translationally connected about the housing, or rotationally configured, wherein rotation around the axis of rotation scrolls through information or options in an open level of the plurality of levels.
Translation or activation selects hierarchy items to enable selection of the diagnostic test subroutine
Translational movement along the axis of rotation selects a lower level, an upper level, a subroutine, or a parameter from an open level; in the alternate configuration a selecting user interface is activated to select a lower level, an upper level, a subroutine, or a parameter, wherein a combination of rotation and translation or rotation and activation scrolls to and selects the diagnostic test subroutine.
The independent claims collectively cover an analyte meter that presents a multi-level selectable hierarchy including a diagnostic test subroutine, performs analyte concentration determination and stores hierarchy-related test data, and provides external user-interface navigation using rotational scrolling combined with translation or activation to navigate to and select the diagnostic test subroutine.
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