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Analyte monitoring device alarm augmentation system

US6553244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateAug 10, 2001
Grant dateApr 22, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/1486
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for augmenting an alarm signal generated by an analyte monitoring device, e.g., the GlucoWatch® (Cygnus, Inc., Redwood City, Calif.) biographer glucose monitoring device, for improving the alarm signal's effectiveness in alerting the user, and/or for communicating the signal to a person or person(s) other than the user, or to a trained assistance animal.

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