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Non-invasive tissue glucose level monitoring
Assignee: General Hospital Corp
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Filing: 2002-02-28
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Granted: 2004-04-27
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Expires: 2022-02-28
Abstract
Abstract Instruments and methods for performing non-invasive measurements of analyte concentrations and for monitoring, analyzing and regulating tissue status, such as tissue glucose levels.
Inventors
- 👤 Nikiforos Kollias
- 👤 Wei Dong Tian
- 👤 Jenny E. Freeman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:36
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/145; A61B5/14532; A61B5/0059; A61B5/0071; A61B5/1455; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A nocturnal glucose monitor, comprising: a non-invasive glucose measurement probe for detecting glucose levels of a juvenile patient, an alarm unit responsive to the glucose measurement probe, the alarm unit being operative to detect excursions of glucose values outside of a predetermined juvenile nocturnal glucose range for a diabetic patient and to produce a parental alarm signal in response to detected excursions, an audio transducer responsive to the alarm signal, and a remote transmitter responsive to the non-invasive glucose measurement probe and a receiver responsive to the remote transmitter, wherein the audio transducer is responsive to the remote transmitter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A nocturnal glucose monitor, comprising: a non-invasive glucose measurement probe for detecting glucose levels of a juvenile patient, an alarm unit responsive to the glucose measurement probe, the alarm unit being operative to detect excursions of glucose values outside of a predetermined juvenile nocturnal glucose range for a diabetic patient and to produce a parental alarm signal in response to detected excursions, an audio transducer responsive to the alarm signal, and a remote transmitter responsive to the non-invasive glucose measurement probe and a receiver responsive to the remote transmitter, wherein the audio transducer is responsive to the remote transmitter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The nocturnal glucose monitor of claim 1 wherein the remote transmitter is a wireless transmitter and the receiver is a wireless receiver.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The nocturnal glucose monitor of claim 2 wherein the glucose measurement probe is a fluorescence-based probe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The nocturnal glucose monitor of claim 1 wherein the glucose measurement probe is a fluorescence-based probe.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
A nocturnal glucose monitoring method, comprising: providing a non-invasive glucose measurement probe such that it is responsive to a glucose level of a child during nighttime sleep, detecting excursions of glucose values outside of a predetermined nocturnal glucose range for a diabetic child during nighttime sleep of the child, and causing a remote receiver to issue an audible alarm to a parent of the child in response to the step of detecting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
A nocturnal glucose monitoring method, comprising: providing a non-invasive glucose measurement probe such that it is responsive to a glucose level of a child during nighttime sleep, detecting excursions of glucose values outside of a predetermined nocturnal glucose range for a diabetic child during nighttime sleep of the child, and causing a remote receiver to issue an audible alarm to a parent of the child in response to the step of detecting.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the step of causing operates based on wireless transmission.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the step of detecting operates based on fluorescence.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the step of detecting operates based on fluorescence.
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