BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITOR

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
ADVANTAGE	BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM CORPORATION	9115 Hague Road Indianapolis IN 46250	blood glucose monitor;
ADVANTAGE	ROCHE DIABETES CARE GMBH	Sandhofer Strasse 116 Mannheim 68305 Germany	blood glucose monitor;
GLUCONIR	NIR DIAGNOSTICS INC.	P.O. Box 249 44 Crawford Crescent Campbellville, Ontario L0P1B0 Canada	BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITOR;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A method and apparatus for periodically and automatically testing and monitoring a patient's blood glucose level. A disposable testing unit is carried by the patient's body and has a testing chamber in fluid communication with infusion lines and a catheter connected to a patient blood vessel. A reversible peristaltic pump pumps the infusion fluid forwardly into the patient blood vessel and reverses its direction to pump blood into the testing chamber to perform a glucose level test. The presence of blood in the testing chamber is sensed by a LED/photodetector pair or pairs and when the appropriate blood sample is present in the test chamber, a glucose oxidase electrode is energized to obtain the blood glucose level. The resulting glucose level is displayed on a monitor. The unit is typically used for a patient in an intensive care unit.