Health Monitor

Abstract

Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include enhanced analyte monitoring devices and systems.

1 . A health monitoring system, comprising:
 a monitoring device, comprising:
 an analyte sensor to monitor an analyte level; and 
 a data transfer module in signal communication with the analyte sensor and receiving one or more signals related to the monitored analyte level from the analyte sensor, the data transfer module transmitting data related to the monitored analyte level upon receiving a request, the data transfer module including a memory to store the data related to the monitored analyte level; and 
   a glucose meter device, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a data processing unit coupled to the housing, the data processing unit generating the request for the data related to the monitored analyte level and processing the data received in response to the request; 
 a communication unit operatively coupled to the data processing unit to transmit the generated request and to receive the data related to the monitored analyte level in response to the request; and 
 a memory operatively coupled to the data processing unit and configured to store the received data associated with the monitored analyte level or the processed data related to the monitored analyte level or both. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data transfer module transmits the stored data related to the monitored analyte level only upon receiving the generated request. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein upon receiving the request, the data transfer module transmits data stored in the memory related to the monitored analyte level, or data related to a substantially real time analyte level or both the data stored in the memory related to the monitored analyte level and the data related to the substantially real time analyte level. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the analyte sensor is a glucose sensor. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data transfer module transmits a unique identifier with the transmitted data related to the monitored analyte level. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5  wherein the data transfer module is synchronized with the glucose meter device based at least in part on the transmitted unique identifier. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data related to the monitored analyte level is transmitted based on one or more of a wireless communication protocol or a wired connection. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7  wherein the wireless communication protocol includes a radio frequency (RF) communication protocol, optical communication protocol, Bluetooth communication protocol, or Zigbee communication protocol. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7  wherein the wired connection includes a universal serial bus (USB) connection or a cable connection. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the memory of the data transfer module buffers the data related to the monitored analyte level. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10  wherein the data transfer module includes a control unit to transmit the buffered data related to the monitored analyte level only upon receiving the request. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data transfer module operates in one or more of a first data transmission mode, a second data transmission mode, or a third data transmission mode. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the first data transmission mode includes transmitting the data related to the monitored analyte level in response to the request when a new sensor data is available. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the second data transmission mode includes transmitting the data related to the monitored analyte level when a new sensor data is available and storing the data related to the monitored analyte level for retransmission. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12  wherein the third transmission mode includes storing the data related to the monitored analyte level and transmitting the stored data related to the monitored analyte level in response to the request. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data transfer module is configured to perform one or more of a prospective analysis or a retrospective analysis on the monitored analyte level. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the analyte sensor is configured to require no system calibration. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the analyte sensor is configured to require no user calibration. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the analyte sensor is configured for automatic calibration.