US 11,677,443 B1
Systems and methods for processing and transmitting sensor data
Thomas Miller, Valley Center, CA (US); Mark Dervaes, Carlsbad, CA (US); Phong Lieu, San Diego, CA (US); Peter C. Simpson, Cardiff, CA (US); Shawn Larvenz, Ramona, CA (US); Jacob S. Leach, San Diego, CA (US); and Sebastian Bohm, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Dexcom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,241.
Application 18/163,241 is a continuation of application No. 17/449,927, filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Application 17/449,927 is a continuation of application No. 17/191,172, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/191,172 is a continuation of application No. 16/925,233, filed on Jul. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,985,804, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/925,233 is a continuation of application No. 16/546,099, filed on Aug. 20, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/546,099 is a continuation of application No. 15/413,206, filed on Jan. 23, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/413,206 is a continuation of application No. 13/830,330, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 9,788,354, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Application 13/830,330 is a continuation of application No. 13/827,577, filed on Mar. 14, 2013, granted, now 9,445,445, issued on Sep. 13, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/1495 (2006.01); G01N 27/327 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 5/0031 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1486 (2013.01); A61B 5/1495 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); G01N 27/3271 (2013.01); H04B 5/0043 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04B 5/02 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 6 Claims
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1. An analyte monitoring system, comprising:
a display device;
an analyte sensor configured to perform measurements indicative of a level of at least one analyte of a user; and
a sensor electronics unit operatively coupled to the analyte sensor, wherein:
the sensor electronics unit is configured to:
receive, using near field communication (NFC) wireless protocol, an NFC transmission from the display device,
wherein in response to receiving the NFC transmission, begin a sensor initialization process for stabilizing the sensor;
cause the analyte sensor to start performing the measurements for generating data indicative of the measurements once the initialization process completes; wherein the data indicative of the measurements are used for generating alarms or displaying information associated with the measurements on the display device;
receive, from the analyte sensor, the measurements subsequent to causing the analyte sensor to start performing the measurements; and
initiate a periodic transmission of the data indicative of the measurements using Bluetooth wireless technology; and
wherein the sensor electronics unit is configured to delay the periodic transmission until the initialization process completes, wherein the initialization process is performed for a predetermined time following the NFC transmission; and
the display device is configured to:
send the NFC transmission to the sensor electronics unit using NFC; and
receive the periodic transmission of the data indicative of the measurements from
the sensor electronics unit using Bluetooth wireless technology.