Patent Grant
9833175
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for glucose monitoring, in more particular, to an apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring.
Diabetes is a clinical syndrome caused by factors such as absolute or relative lack of insulin in the body, abnormal secretion time, or disorder or resistance of insulin effector, etc. If the diabetes is not suitably controlled, it may cause some acute complications such as hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis, nonketotic hyperosmolar coma, etc. The serious long-term complications include cardiovascular diseases, chronic renal failure, retinopathy, neuropathy and microvascular diseases, etc.
Constant blood glucose monitoring is very important for diabetics. A primary objective of treating the diabetic is to maintain a normal concentration of glucose, and if a patient carefully controls blood glucose daily, occurrence of the above complications may be effectively prevented.
Presently, the diabetic generally use blood glucose monitor to monitor the blood glucose. However, before the blood glucose monitor is used to measure a concentration of blood glucose, blood collection has to be first performed. Fingertip pricks are an invasive (destructive) sampling method for blood collection, and a process thereof is complicated and may cause pain, which is also an important reason why the diabetic cannot periodically monitor the blood glucose.
Therefore, a method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring becomes a development trend in blood glucose detection. The existing non-invasive glucose meters measure the blood glucose through a single method (for example, an acoustic method, an optical method or an electrical method), though the measurements are mainly performed in allusion to skin blood glucose of human body. However, the skin is composed of epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissues, and different tissues, blood vessels and water in the skin may produce scattering light and absorption light, which may influence signal measurement, and accordingly influence the accuracy of measured blood concentration of glucose.
The disclosure provides an apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring comprising a light source, a first beam splitter, a set of photo detectors, and a processing unit. The light source generates at least one ray of light. The first beam splitter with a focusing function leads the light emitted from the light source into an eyeball and focuses on the eyeball through the first beam splitter. The set of photo detectors measures an optical angular information and an absorption energy information of the light, which are reflected from the eyeball and then transmitted through the first beam splitter to the set of photo detectors. The optical angular information may be the optical angular information of a polarized light passing through a polarizer. The processing unit receives and processes the optical angular information and the absorption energy information to obtain an optical angular difference and an absorption energy difference between the light emitted from the light source and the light transmitted to the set of photo detectors, and to obtain biological molecule information, which at least comprises a glucose, by analyzing the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference. The processing unit obtains a glucose information through analyzing the biological molecule information, and since the glucose information has a corresponding relationship with a blood glucose information, the blood glucose information may be read.
The disclosure provides a portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function, comprising a device body, at least one light source, an optical kit, a set of photo detectors, and a processing unit. The light source generates at least one ray of light. The optical kit disposed on the device body comprises a first beam splitter therein, and the first beam splitter with a focusing function which can lead the light emitted from the light source into an eyeball and focus on the eyeball through the first beam splitter. The set of photo detectors measures an optical angular information and an absorption energy information of the light, which are reflected from the eyeball and then transmitted through the beam splitter to the set of photo detectors. The processing unit disposed in the device body receives and processes the optical angular information and of the absorption energy information obtain an optical rotatory angular difference and an absorption energy difference between the light emitted from the light source and the light transmitted to the set of photo detectors, and to obtain biological molecule information, which at least comprises a glucose, by analyzing the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference. The processing unit obtains glucose information by analyzing the biological molecule information. As the glucose information is related to blood glucose information, the blood glucose information may be read.
Several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below to further describe the disclosure in details.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide further understanding, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
The disclosure provides an apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring capable of accurately measure a glucose information (e.g., concentration of glucose) of a measuring object, and since the glucose information (e.g., concentration of glucose) in an eyeball (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with a blood glucose information (e.g., concentration of blood glucose), the blood glucose information (e.g., concentration of blood glucose) may be read.
The disclosure also provides a method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring to measure concentration of glucose in real time.
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The light source 102 generates at least one ray of light 110. The light source 102 is, for example, a light emitting diode (LED), a laser diode, or other light source. A wavelength of the light source 102 is, for example, which can be absorbed by glucose molecules, and namely, a wavelength that is capable of being absorbed by the glucose molecules in the eyeball 200, such as an infrared light. The light 110 emitted from the light source 102 comprises a linear polarized light, a circular polarized light, an elliptical polarized light, or a partial polarized light. Moreover, the light source 102 may have a function for controlling an emitting frequency of the light 110, which avails the photo detector set 106 in determining the light to be measured according to the emitting frequency. In addition, the light source 102 may have a function for controlling an intensity of the light 110, which assures the light entering into the eyeball 200 is unable to cause any harm. Furthermore, the light source 102 may have a function for controlling a length of turn-on time of the light 110 and controlling a length of turn-off time of the light 110, or a combination thereof, which provides a glucose detection time on one hand but also ensures that the light energy entering into the eyeball 200 is unable to cause any harm on the other hand. Although, in the present exemplary embodiment, the single light 110 emitted from the single light source 102 is taken as an example for description, the disclosure is not limited thereto; and, in another exemplary embodiment, types of the light source 102 and types of the light 110 may be two or more.
The first beam splitter 104 with a focusing function which can lead the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 into an eyeball 200 and focus on the eyeball 200 through the first beam splitter 104. The first beam splitter 104 is, for example, focusing the light 110 onto the anterior chamber 202 of the eyeball 200, and the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 comprises the light reflected from the aqueous humor 204. The first beam splitter 104 is, for example, an optical film, a lens, a grating, a diffractive optic device or a combination of any the above elements.
The set of photo detectors 106 measures an optical rotatory distribution information and an absorption energy information of the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then transmitted through the first beam splitter 104 to the set of photo detectors 106. In the present exemplary embodiment, the set of photo detectors 106 comprises an optical rotatory distribution measuring device 112 and an energy measuring device 114. Wherein, the optical rotatory distribution measuring device 112 is used for measuring the optical rotatory distribution information of the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then transmitted through the first beam splitter 104, and the energy measuring device 114 is used for measuring the absorption energy information of the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104.
In another exemplary embodiment, the optical rotatory distribution measuring device 112 and the energy measuring device 114 may be exchanged. Namely, the optical rotatory distribution measuring device 112 is used to measure the optical rotatory distribution information of the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104, and the energy measuring device 114 is used to measure the absorption energy information of the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then reflected by the first beam splitter 104.
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In the present exemplary embodiment, the processing unit 108 is, for example, coupled to the light source 102 to control an optical characteristic of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102.
The apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 100 may selectively comprise a light information analysis unit 116 for detecting a light information of the light 110 from the first beam splitter 104 before the light 110 is transmitted into the eyeball 200, and selectively transmit the light information of the light 110 to the processing unit 108 or an alarm 118 to perform a feedback control with the optical characteristic of the light 110. The light information analysis unit 116 comprises at least one of an optical power meter and an optical sensor, the light information detected by the optical power meter is energy information whereas the light information detected by the optical sensor is at least one of energy information or position information. The optical characteristic of the light 110 is, for example, energy emittance and/or light position.
When the emitting energy of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 is excessively high, the light 110 may cause harm to the eyeball 200. Therefore, when die processing unit 108 receives the energy information indicating excessive emitting energy of the light 110, the processing unit 108 will reduce the emitting energy of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102. On the other hand, when the alarm 118 receives the energy information indicating excessive emitting energy of the light 110, the alarm 118 sends a light or a sound warning signal to notify the user that the emitting energy of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 is excessively high, and the emitting energy of the light 110 should be adjusted. Therefore, usage of the light information analysis unit 116 may prevent harming the eyeball 200 due to excessive emitting energy of the light 110.
Moreover, when the light position of the light 110 emitted from light source 102 is shifted, the accuracy of a blood glucose measurement is lowered. Therefore, when the processing unit 108 receives the position information indicating the light position of the light 110 is shifted, the processing unit 108 adjusts the light position of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102. On the other hand, when the alarm 118 receives the position information indicating the light position of the light 110 is shifted, the alarm 118 sends the light or the sound warning signal to notify the user that the light position of the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 is shifted, and the light position of the light 110 should be adjusted. Therefore, usage of the light information analysis unit 116 may prevent the light position of the light 110 from shifting, thus enhancing the accuracy of the blood glucose measurement.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the energy information detected by the light information analysis unit 116 is simultaneously transmitted to the processing unit 108 and the alarm 118; nevertheless, the feedback control may be implemented as long as the energy information is transmitted to one of the processing unit 108 and the alarm 118. The light information analysis unit 116 is, for example, respectively coupled to the processing unit 108 and the alarm 118, but a coupling manner of the light information analysis unit 116, the processing unit 108 and the alarm 118 is not limited thereto.
In another exemplary embodiment, the light source 102 is, for example, coupled to a light source control unit (not shown), and now the light information analysis unit 116 transmits the energy information of the light 110 to the light source control unit, so as to perform the feedback control for the light source 102.
In addition, before the light 110 is transmitted into the eyeball 200, the detection of the light 110 reflected by the first beam splitter 104 using the light information analysis unit 116 is taken as an example to describe the present exemplary embodiment.
Furthermore, the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring 100 may further selectively comprise an eye-alignment position device 120 for aligning the sight-line of an eye 122 with the eye-alignment position device 120, so as to determine a measuring position of the eyeball 200. The eye-alignment position device 120 is, for example, a light spot, a marker, or a relief pattern.
On the other band, the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring 100 may further selectively comprise a joint element 124. A light outlet of the joint element 124, located at the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring, is used for resting on an outer corer an eye. Moreover, the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring 100 may further selectively comprise a protective cover 126 disposed on a surface of the joint element 124 that is used for resting on the outer corner of eye. The protective cover 126 is, for example, a disposable protective cover.
According to the first exemplary embodiment, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 100 may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 106, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the glucose concentration in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with a blood glucose concentration, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship.
Moreover, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 100 may be miniaturized in applications, for example, used in form of a headband or used in collaboration with glasses, so as to improve utilization convenience. In addition, the utilization environment of the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 100 has no special restriction, and thus may be utilized indoors or outdoors.
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In the present exemplary embodiment, the set of photo detectors 306 is, for example, used to measure the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then reflected by the first beam splitter 104. The light 110 to be measured is first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 312 for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 314 for measuring the absorption energy information. In another exemplary embodiment, the set of photo detectors 306 may also be used to measure the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104.
In another exemplary embodiment, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 300 further comprises another set of the optical angular measuring device 312 and the energy measuring device 314, so that the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 300 has two sets of the optical angular measuring device 312 and the energy measuring device 314 for respectively measuring the optical angular information and the absorption energy information of the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104, and for measuring the optical angular information and the absorption energy information of the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then reflected by the first beam splitter 104.
Similarly, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 300 of the second exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 306 to obtain the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a relationship with a blood glucose concentration, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with a high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. Moreover, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 300 may be miniaturized, so that it is convenient in utilization, and may be utilized indoors or outdoors.
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The second beam splitter 404 transmits the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then transmitted through the first beam splitter 104 to the set of photo detectors 406. The second beam splitter 404 is, for example, an optical film, an optical lens, an optical grating, a diffractive optical element or a combination of any the above elements.
The first photo detector 408 is used to measure the light 110 reflected by the second beam splitter 404, and the second photo detector 410 is used to measure the light 110 passed through the second beam splitter 404. The first photo detector 408 comprises an optical angular measuring device 412 and an energy measuring device 414, and the second photo detector 410 comprises an optical angular measuring device 416 and an energy measuring device 418. The light 110 to be measured is, for example, first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 412 (or 416) for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 414 (418) for measuring the absorption energy. Composition of the optical angular measuring device 412 (or 416) is similar to that of the optical angular measuring device 112, and composition of the energy measuring device 414 (or 418) is similar to the energy measuring device 114, so that descriptions thereof are not repeated. When the first photo detector 408 and the second photo detector 410 in the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 400 may simultaneously measure the optical angular information and the absorption energy, by cross-comparing the obtained two sets of the optical angular information and the absorption energy, the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 406 may be analyzed to obtain the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the glucose concentration in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. The optical angular measuring devices 412, 416 and the energy measuring devices 414, 418 are, for example, respectively coupled to the processing unit 108, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
It is noted that when the optical angular measuring devices 412, 416 are all passive optical angular measuring devices and respectively comprise a polarizer, the polarizers in the optical angular measuring devices 412, 416 are, for example, one of a horizontal polarizer and a vertical polarizer, or two sets of polarizers with known optical angular angles. If the two sets of the polarizers with known optical angular angles are used, one of the measuring methods thereof is to compare energy differences of the two sets of the polarizers, and according to the energy differences, the optical angular difference within a certain range of glucose concentration is obtained, so as to improve the detection accuracy. Another method is to use the two sets of polarizers with known optical angular to determine offset components according to the absorption energy differences, so as to calculate the optical angular information.
In another exemplary embodiment, one of the first photo detector 408 and the second photo detector 410 is, for example, a single optical rotatory distribution measuring device, and another one of the first photo detector 408 and the second photo detector 410 is, for example, a single energy measuring device.
Although, in the aforementioned exemplary embodiment, the reflected light reflected light 111 by the second beam splitter 404 and/or the reflected light 111 passed through the second beam splitter 404 is one ray of light. However, the reflected light 111 reflected by the second beam splitter 404 and/or the reflected light 111 passed through the second beam splitter 404 may be divided into two or more rays of light by the second beam splitter 404, and then measured by the aforementioned first photo detector 408 and the second photo detector 410.
According to the third exemplary embodiment, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 400 may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 406 to obtain the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with a high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. Moreover, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 400 may be miniaturized, so that it is convenient in utilization, and thus may be utilized indoors or outdoors.
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In another exemplary embodiment, the first photo detector 508 and the second photo detector 510 may also be located at the side of the second beam splitter 404, respectively, where the reflected light 111 is reflected, and are used to measure two rays of light generated by reflecting the reflected light 111 through the second beam splitter 404.
Although, in the aforementioned exemplary embodiment, the light 110 reflected by the second beam splitter 404 and/or the light 110 passed through the second beam splitter 404 are the reflected light 111a, 111b, the reflected light 111 reflected by the second beam splitter 404 and/or the reflected light 111 passed through the second beam splitter 404 may be divided into three or more rays of light by the second beam splitter 404 and then measured by the aforementioned first photo detector 508 and the second photo detector 510.
Similarly, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 500 of the fourth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110a,100b transmitted to the photo detector set 506 to obtain the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with a high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. Moreover, the apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring 500 may be miniaturized, so that it is convenient in utilization, and thus may be utilized indoors or outdoors.
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According to the above descriptions, in the method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring of the fifth exemplary embodiment, since an optical eyeball detecting method is used to measure the glucose information (e.g., concentration of glucose) of the measuring object, the glucose information (e.g., glucose concentration) of the measuring object may be continuously obtained in real time, and since the glucose concentration has a relationship with a blood glucose concentration, the blood glucose information (e.g., concentration of blood glucose) may be read.
On the other hand, the above-mentioned exemplary embodiment of the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring may further be used in the application of a portable mobile device, so that the portable mobile device has a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function. The portable mobile device is, for example, mobile phone, tablet PC, digital camera, and so forth. The following descriptions below are, the exemplary embodiments, for describing a portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function.
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Moreover, in the sixth exemplary embodiment, an end of the joint element 124 is connected to a light outlet 601 of the portable mobile device 600, and another end of die joint element 124 is used for resting on an outer corner of the eye.
On the other hand, the optical kit 604 may further selectively comprise a lens set 608. When the optical kit 604 has the lens set 608, the optical kit 604 may be integrated as a camera lens in camera module of the portable mobile device 600. In addition, whether or not the optical kit 604 has the lens set 608, the camera lens in the camera module of the portable mobile device 600 camera module may be replaced by the optical kit 604 in order to perform the blood glucose monitoring. In another exemplary embodiment, during the blood glucose monitoring, the optical kit 604, with the design of the light source, may be externally attached directly on the camera lens of the camera module of the portable mobile device 600.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 is directed into the eyeball 200 and focused on the eyeball 200 through the first beam splitter 104. The set of photo detectors 606 is, for example, used to measure the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through or reflected from the first beam splitter 104. The light 110 to be measured is first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 612 for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 614 for measuring the absorption energy information.
According to the above descriptions, the portable mobile device 600 of the sixth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining a glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, a blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 600, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 600 to connect to the cloud.
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The second beam splitter 404 is, for example, to transmit the reflected light 111 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then transmitted through the first beam splitter 104 to the set of photo detectors 606. The second beam splitter 404 is, for example, an optical film, an optical lens, an optical grating, a diffractive optic element, or a combination of any the above elements.
In the set of photo detectors 606, the optical angular measuring device 612 and the energy measuring device 614 are, for example, used for measuring a ray of light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104. The light 110c to be measured is, for example, first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 612 for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 614 for measuring the absorption energy. The optical angular measuring device 616 and the energy measuring device 618 are, for example, used for measuring a ray of light 110d reflected from the eyeball 200, transmitted to the second beam splitter 404 through the first beam splitter 104 to the, and then reflect by the second beam splitter 404. The light 110d to be measured is, for example, first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 616 for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 618 for measuring the absorption energy information.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the energy measuring devices 614, 618 are described as two separate components; however, in another exemplary embodiment, the energy measuring devices 614, 618 may be a plurality of different sensing regions on the same light sensing element and may also use the different sensing regions on the light sensing element to sense the light.
Similarly, the portable mobile device 700 of the seventh exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical rotatory distribution difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the reflected light 111c, 111d transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., concentration of glucose), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., concentration of blood glucose) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 700, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 700 to connect to the cloud.
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In the present exemplary embodiment, the same energy measuring device 614 is used to measure the reflected light 111e, 111f. However, in another exemplary embodiment, the portable mobile device 800 may also use two separate energy measuring devices to measure the reflected light 111e, 111f.
It is noted that, in the aforementioned exemplary embodiments, the reflected light 111 being divided into two rays of reflected light 111e, 111f by the first beam splitter 104 is taken as an example for the description, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. One of ordinary skill in the art would be able to know that, according to the above exemplary embodiments, when the reflected light 111 is divided into two or more rays of light by the first beam splitter 104, the number of the sensing regions on the energy measuring device 614 may also be divided into two or more, so as to respectively correspond to the light from the first beam splitter 104, and thus capable of measuring the absorption energy information of the corresponded light, respectively.
Although, in the present embodiment, the two or more rays of the light received by the energy measuring device 614 is generated by the first beam splitter 104, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In another exemplary embodiment, the two or more rays of the light received by the energy measuring device 614 may also be formed by the light source 102; therefore, the light passed through the first beam splitter 104 may be more than two, and now the number of the sensing regions on the energy measuring device 614 may also be divided into more than two, so as to respectively correspond to the light from the first beam splitter 104, and thus capable of measuring the absorption energy information of the corresponded light, respectively.
Similarly, the portable mobile device 800 of the eighth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110e, 110f transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 800, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 800 to connect to the cloud for using the real-time blood glucose data to remind or control medication and to directly inform the medical unit to perform first aid in case of emergency situation.
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Similarly, the portable mobile device 900 of the ninth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110c, 110d transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 800, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 800 to connect to the cloud.
It is noted that the concept of the externally connected optical kit 904 of the portable mobile device 900 in the ninth exemplary embodiment may also be applied to the sixth to the eighth exemplary embodiment.
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When measuring the blood glucose, the optical angular measuring device 612 and the energy measuring device 614 are, for example, used to measure the light 110 reflected from the eyeball 200 and then passed through the first beam splitter 104. The light 110 to be measured is, for example, first transmitted to the optical angular measuring device 612 for measuring the optical angular information, and then transmitted to the energy measuring device 614, after passed through the lens 1006, for measuring the absorption energy information.
Similarly, the portable mobile device 1000 of the tenth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical rotatory distribution difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the reflected light 111 transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., concentration of glucose), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., concentration of blood glucose) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 1000, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 1000 to connect to the cloud.
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In the present exemplary embodiment, the portable mobile device 1100 may measure the reflected light 111g, 111h by the same energy measuring device 614. However, in another exemplary embodiment, the portable mobile device 1100 may also use two separate energy measuring devices to measure the reflected light 111g, 111h.
It is noted that, in the aforementioned exemplary embodiments, the reflected light 111 being divided into two rays of reflected light 111g, 111h by the first beam splitter 104 is taken as an example for the description, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. One of ordinary skill in the art would be able to know that, according to the above exemplary embodiments, when the reflected light 111 can be divided into two or more rays of reflected light 111g, 111h by the first beam splitter 104, the number of sensing regions on the energy measuring device 614 may also be divided into two or more, so as to respectively correspond to the light from the first beam splitter 104, and thus capable of respectively measuring the absorption energy information of the corresponded light.
Although, in the present exemplary embodiment, the two or more rays of the light received by the energy measuring device 614 is generated by the first beam splitter 104, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In another exemplary embodiment, the two or more rays of the light received by the energy measuring device 614 may also be formed by the light source 102; therefore, the light passed through the first beam splitter 104 may be more than two, and now the number of sensing regions on the energy measuring device 614 may also be divided into more than two, so as to respectively correspond to the light from the first beam splitter 104, and thus capable of respectively measuring the absorption energy information of the corresponded light.
Similarly, the portable mobile device 1100 of the eleventh exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110g, 110h transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 1100, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 1100 to connect to the cloud.
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In another example embodiment, the first photo detector 1208 and the second photo detector 1210 may also located at the side of the second beam splitter 404 where the reflected light 111 passes there through, and are respectively used to measure reflected light 111a, 111b generated by the reflected light 111 after passed through the second beam splitter 404.
Similarly, the portable mobile device 1200 of the twelfth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110i, 110g transmitted to the set of photo detectors 1206, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 1200, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 1000 to connect to the cloud for using the real-time blood glucose data to remind or control medication and to directly inform the medical unit to perform first aid in case of emergency situation.
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Similarly, the portable mobile device 1300 of the thirteenth exemplary embodiment may simultaneously analyze the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference between the light 110 emitted from the light source 102 and the light 110i 110j transmitted to the set of photo detectors 606, thus obtaining the glucose information (e.g., glucose value), and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball 200 (e.g., aqueous humor within eyeball) has a corresponding relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) with high accuracy is read through the corresponding relationship. In addition, since the blood glucose monitoring function is integrated to the portable mobile device 1300, it is convenient in utilization. Moreover, telemedicine care may be provided by using the program or network of the portable mobile device 1300 to connect to the cloud.
In addition, although the apparatus for non-invasive glucose monitoring used in the application of portable mobile device described the sixth to the thirteenth exemplary embodiments are taken as examples for the descriptions, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. One of ordinary skill in the art would able to refer to the portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function disclosed in the sixth to the thirteenth exemplary embodiment to combine the concept of the portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function with the various implementations of the first to the fourth exemplary embodiments, so as to produce a diversified portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function.
Moreover, although the first to the thirteenth exemplary embodiments use the examples of measuring a single eye for the descriptions, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. One of ordinary skill in the art would be able to know the method for applying the contents of the present disclosure to both two eyes according the aforementioned exemplary embodiments.
The method for analyzing biological molecule in the present embodiment, for example, performs analyzing through the processing unit of an apparatus for biological molecule monitoring. The biological molecule, such as glucose, cholesterol, uric acid, water, lactic acid, urea, ascorbic acid or a combination thereof is analyzed.
Referring to
The acceptable variation range for the optical angular difference=the arithmetic mean of the optical angular difference values×(1±15%).
In addition, step S204 may be performed to obtain the absorption energy difference. A method for obtaining the absorption energy difference comprises the following steps. Firstly, a portion of a plurality of absorption energy difference values that exceeded the acceptable variation range measured by the apparatus for biological molecule monitoring is discarded. Then, at least one mathematical statistical method is used to calculate the absorption energy difference values. Wherein, the mathematical statistical method is, for example, a least square error regression analysis method. The acceptable variation range is, for example, the range represented by the following listed mathematical formulas.
The acceptable variation range for the absorption energy difference=the arithmetic mean of the absorption energy difference values×(1±15%).
Step S206 is performed to establish at least one first polynomial equation representing the relationship between the biological molecule and the optical angular difference, and at least one second polynomial equation representing the relationship between the biological molecule and the absorption energy difference. Wherein, the biological molecule comprises a target molecule and at least one interference molecule, and a plurality of variables of the first polynomial equation and the second polynomial equation respectively comprise the target molecule concentration and the interference molecule concentration variables.
The first polynomial equation is, for example, established from a plurality of biological molecule concentration values and a plurality of corresponding optical angular difference values stored in a database. The second polynomial equation is, for example, established from a plurality of biological molecule concentration values and a plurality of corresponding absorption energy difference values stored in the database. Wherein, a plurality of samples of the biological molecule concentration values stored in the database comprises a plurality of live samples or a plurality of standard samples.
In addition, the steps of establishing the first polynomial equation and the second polynomial equation further comprise distinguishing between a plurality of optical angular difference ranges and a plurality of absorption energy difference ranges, having the first polynomial equation correspondingly used in each of the optical angular difference ranges, and having the second polynomial equation correspondingly used in each of the absorption energy ranges.
For example, when the target molecule is the glucose and the interference molecule is the lactic acid, and three optical angular difference ranges and three absorption energy difference ranges are distinguished, the selected first polynomial equation and second polynomial equation are shown below, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The first polynomial equation corresponded to the first optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a1Xglucose concentration+b1Ylactic acid concentration+c1
The first polynomial equation corresponded to the second optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a1′Xglucose concentration+b1′Ylactic acid concentration+c1′
The first polynomial equation corresponded to the third optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a1″Xglucose concentration+b1″Ylactic acid concentration+c1″
wherein, θ(glucose effect+lactic acid effect) is the optical angular difference, Xglucose concentration is the target molecule concentration variable, Ylactic acid concentration is the interference molecule concentration variable, a1, a1′, a1″, b1, b1′, b1″, c1, c1′ and c1″ are the known coefficients.
The second polynomial equation corresponded to the first absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a2Xglucose concentration+b2Ylactic acid concentration+c2
The second polynomial equation corresponded to the second absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a2′Xglucose concentration+b2′Ylactic acid concentration+c2′
The second polynomial equation corresponded to the third absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect+lactic acid effect)=a2″Xglucose concentration+b2″Ylactic acid concentration+c2″
wherein, P(glucose effect+lactic acid effect) is the absorption energy difference, Xglucose concentration is the target molecule concentration variable, Ylactic acid concentration is the interference molecule concentration variable, a2, a2′, a2″, b2, b2′, b2″, c2, c2′ and c2″ are the known coefficients.
Step S208 is performed, by which the optical rotatory angular difference and the absorption energy difference measured by the apparatus for biological molecule monitoring are substituted into the first polynomial equation and the second polynomial equation to calculate a first target molecule concentration of the target molecule which simultaneously exists in the target molecule and the interference molecule. A method for calculating the first target molecule concentration is, for example, solving the simultaneous equations of the first polynomial equation and the second polynomial equation. During the process of performing step S208, the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference are analyzed by controlling the change factor, in order to obtain the first target molecule concentration. Wherein, the change factor comprises a light emitting frequency, a light energy intensity, a length of turn-on time of the light, a length of turn-off time of the light, an opto-element offset, or a combination thereof.
In addition, steps S210, S212, S214, S216, S218, or a combination thereof may be performed selectively.
In step S210, at least one first graph or at least one third polynomial equation representing the relationship between the biological molecule and the optical angular difference is established. Wherein, the variable of the third polynomial equation comprises the target molecule concentration variable.
The first graph and the third polynomial equation, for example, are established from the biological molecule concentration values stored in the database and the corresponding optical angular difference values. Wherein, the samples of the biological molecule concentration stored in the database comprise a plurality of live samples or a plurality of standard samples.
In addition, the steps of establishing the first graph or the third polynomial equation further comprise distinguishing a plurality of optical angular difference ranges, having the first graph, the third polynomial equation, or the combination thereof correspondingly used in each of the optical angular difference ranges.
For example, when the target molecule is the glucose and three optical angular difference ranges are distinguished, the selected third polynomial equation is shown below, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
The third polynomial equation corresponded to the first optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect)=a3Xglucose concentration+c3
The third polynomial equation corresponded to the second optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect)=a3′Xglucose concentration+c3′
The third polynomial equation corresponded to the third optical angular difference range:
θ(glucose effect)=a3″Xglucose concentration+c3″
wherein, θ(glucose effect) is the optical angular difference, Xglucose concentration is the target molecule concentration variable, a3, a3′, a3″, c3, c3′ and c3″ are the known coefficients.
In step S212, the optical angular difference measured by the apparatus for biological molecule monitoring is substituted into the first graph, the third polynomial equation or the combination thereof to calculate the a second target molecule concentration of the target molecule. During the process of performing step S212, the optical angular difference is analyzed by controlling the change factor, in order to obtain the second target molecule concentration. Wherein, the change factor comprises the light emitting frequency, the light energy intensity, the length of turn-on time of the light, the length of turn-off time of the light, the opto-element offset, or the combination thereof.
In step S214, at least one second graph or at least one fourth polynomial equation representing the relationship between the biological molecule and the absorption energy difference is established. Wherein, the variable of the fourth polynomial equation comprises the target molecule concentration variable.
The second graph and the fourth polynomial equation, for example, are established from the biological molecule concentration values and the corresponding absorption energy difference values stored in the database. Wherein, the samples of the biological molecule concentration stored in the database comprise a plurality of live samples or a plurality of standard samples.
In addition, the steps of establishing the second graph or the fourth polynomial equation further comprise distinguishing a plurality of absorption energy difference ranges, having the second graph, the fourth polynomial equation, or the combination thereof correspondingly used in each of the absorption energy difference ranges.
For example, when the target molecule is the glucose and three absorption energy difference ranges are distinguished, the selected fourth polynomial equation is shown below, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
The fourth polynomial equation corresponded to the first absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect)=a4Xglucose concentration+c4
The fourth polynomial equation corresponded to the second absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect)=a4′Xglucose concentration+c4′
The fourth polynomial equation corresponded to the third absorption energy difference range:
P(glucose effect)=a4″Xglucose concentration+c4″
wherein, P(glucose effect) is the absorption energy difference, Xglucose concentration is the target molecule concentration variable, a4, a4′, a4″, c4, c4′ and c4″ are the known coefficients.
In step S216, the absorption energy difference measured by the apparatus for biological molecule monitoring is substituted into the second graph, the fourth polynomial equation or the combination thereof to calculate a third target molecule concentration of the target molecule. During the process of performing step S216, the absorption energy difference is analyzed by controlling the change factor, in order to obtain the third target molecule concentration. Wherein, the change factor comprises the light emitting frequency, the light energy intensity, the length of turn-on time of the light, the length of turn-off time of the light, the opto-element offset, or the combination thereof.
In step S218, the first target molecule concentration, the second target molecule concentration, the third target molecule concentration or a combination thereof determines a final target molecule concentration. In other embodiments, when the step S218 is not performed, the first target molecule concentration obtained through the step S208 may be used as the final target molecule concentration.
According to the fourteenth embodiment, the analysis method of the above-mentioned biological molecule may obtain the target molecule concentration, which simultaneously exists in the target molecule and the interference molecule through the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference; therefore, a more accurate concentration of target molecule may be obtained.
In summary, the above embodiments at least include the following features:
1. The apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring provided by the aforementioned exemplary embodiments may be used to measure the glucose information accurately (e.g., glucose value) of the measuring object, and since the concentration of glucose in the eyeball (e.g., aqueous humor within the eyeball) has a relationship with the concentration of blood glucose, the blood glucose information (e.g., blood glucose value) may be read according to the relationship.
2. The portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function provided by the aforementioned exemplary embodiments may be miniaturized in applications, so as to improve utilization convenience.
3. Utilization environments of the portable mobile device with a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring function provided by the aforementioned exemplary embodiments have no special restriction, thus may be used indoors and outdoors.
4. The blood glucose value of the measuring object may be continuously obtained in real time according to the method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring provided by the aforementioned exemplary embodiment.
The analysis method for the biological molecule provided by the aforementioned exemplary embodiment may obtain the target molecule concentration which simultaneously exists in the target molecule and the interference molecule, through the optical angular difference values and the absorption energy difference values; therefore, a more accurate concentration of target molecule may be obtained
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
This application claims the priority benefits of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/480,386, filed on Apr. 29, 2011 and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/508,078, filed on Jul. 15, 2011. This application is also related to the copending patent applications identified in the following chart. U.S. patent application Ser. No.Filing Date13/457,517Apr. 27, 201214/141,459Dec. 27, 201314/141,472Dec. 27, 2013 The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
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