Development of wireless blood glucose meter and diabetes self-management system

Abstract

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose and either insufficient or ineffective insulin. Blood glucose measurement is crucial to diabetes control, and it is effective in reducing the risk of complications and improving life quality. Unfortunately, both elderly patients and their caregivers find it difficult to monitor glucose levels long term. This study attempts to develop an intelligent maintenance system for home glucose measurement, wireless data transformation, and information analysis. The developed system prompts diabetics to measure their blood glucose regularly at home, and provides remote caregivers with complete patient information for diagnosis and tracking. This aids in the improvement in diabetes control, thereby increasing the social activities and life quality of diabetics.

A Mobile Phone Based Intelligent Telemonitoring Platform

“…So, it can use the network bandwidth much more efficiently. Moreover, it doesn't need any physical wired internet connection like some systems [4], [10]- [11], [13], [16] and [18], making the proposed system a true wireless solution. The sending of physical parameters from the acquisition device is automated by the MIDlet running in patient's mobile, making the whole system less error prone compared to some existing systems [7].…”

“…Sometimes these diseases are associated with other disorders, for which Point of Care Testing (POCT) are needed, so that, the effect of other disorders can be controlled [3]. Several telemonitoring systems have been proposed for monitoring various patient groups, e.g., chronic patient [4]- [13], acute patient [7]- [13], disaster affected patient [14] and elderly person [15]- [16]. Moreover, the necessity of telemonitoring for performance measurement of special groups, like military personnel, is also crucial [17].…”