Patent Application
20240008781
When a type one DKA patient comes to the ICU, nurses are required to perform blood sugar checks, at least hourly, to support in medical care. This is a time-consuming situation on a typical day and has become even more burdensome during Covid considering nurses have to get fully dressed in isolation gear each time they enter a patient's room to perform the task. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus to simplify the process and assist nurses in having to check a patient's blood sugar levels hourly making sure the proper medical care is being given, is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of continuous glucose monitor for hospital use is to provide users with an avant-garde type 1 diabetes patch that will communicate real-time blood sugar readings directly to hospital ICU monitor.
A glucose monitor for hospital use comprising a patch comprising an adhesive on a side thereof and configured to define a hole in a center thereof. The disclosure also comprises a needle for capillary blood sampling comprising a penetrating end and a blunt end received in the center of the patch in an angular relation thereto. The disclosure additionally comprises an electronics module detachably connected to the patch and electronically connected to the needle to monitor blood in the needle. The disclosure further includes a blood test sensor disposed in the electronics module adjacent the needle and configured to communicate a glucose level in the blood to the electronics module.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The present disclosed continuous glucose monitor for hospital use, also known as “Real Time Glucose Monitoring” offers an improved medium that allows nurses to monitor insulin drips to gauge real-time glucose levels as they are conveyed to a primary monitoring system without having to physically engage the patient, every hour. Real time glucose monitoring introduces a novel patch that is adapted to communicate remotely with ICU's monitor system which permits medical staff to monitor trends of glucose levels quickly and efficiently sans direct contact. Furthermore, at home users are able to wear the patch in order to monitor their real-time blood sugar readings on their phones. Some home users with existing systems with compatibility needs are addressed by this disclosure as well. This approach will not only allow the medical staff to proactively intervene upon concerns of blood results but also enable nurses to monitor readings from a safe, no-contact position, outside a patient's room at a central station.
This innovative, top-quality device enhances the functionality of existing technology by improving the process and overall provides better time management of ICU nurses, reduces distress of the patient, and ensures providers are able to predict outcomes based on blood sugar trends. Real time glucose monitoring may serve to benefit the patient in reducing blood draws, but would further benefit the provider by ensuring current information with respect to blood markers.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
