Blood Glucose Tracking Apparatus and Methods

Abstract

A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion.

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         21 . A diabetes management system, comprising:
 a device having
 a housing, 
 a display 
 an input interface, and 
 a processing circuit coupled to the input interface; and 
   a measurement module electrically coupled to the device, wherein the measurement module lacks a display and includes
 a measurement module housing, 
 a processor, 
 a non-transitory computer readable medium programmed with instructions that cause the processor to:
 (a) communicate processor-executable setup software instructions to the processing circuit of the device; and 
 (b) after the processor-executable setup software instructions have been communicated from the measurement module to the device and executed by the processing circuit of the device, transmit to the processing circuit of the device information related to diabetes management from the measurement module, 
 
 a test strip receptacle formed at a first side of the measurement module housing for determining the amount of glucose present in a sample of blood placed on a test strip that is received in the test strip receptacle, and 
 a connector portion at a second side of the measurement module housing for electrically coupling to the input interface of the device and for transmitting the processor-executable setup instructions and data corresponding to the amount of glucose present in the sample of blood to the device. 
   
     
     
         22 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein a first end of the measurement module housing is narrower than a second end of the measurement module housing. 
     
     
         23 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein the measurement module housing has a rounded profile, and wherein the rounded profile of the measurement module housing is curved in two or more directions. 
     
     
         24 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein a first end of the measurement module housing has a trapezoidal profile. 
     
     
         25 . The diabetes management system of  claim 24 , wherein the trapezoidal profile results in the first end of the measurement module housing being narrower than a second end of the measurement module housing. 
     
     
         26 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein insertion of the test strip in the test strip receptacle initiates an activation of the electronics for determining the amount of glucose present in the sample of blood. 
     
     
         27 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein the device can process the data received from the measurement module, whether or not the measurement module is integrated with the device. 
     
     
         28 . The diabetes management system of  claim 21 , wherein the measurement module is powered by the device.