Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing – Composition for standardization – calibration – simulation,... – Glucose – ketone – nitrate standard or control
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-07
2001-10-30
Wallenhorst, Maureen M. (Department: 1743)
Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Composition for standardization, calibration, simulation,...
Glucose, ketone, nitrate standard or control
C436S008000, C436S164000, C435S014000, C600S310000, C600S316000, C600S365000, C356S039000, C702S022000, C702S023000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06309884
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a process of calibrating a noninvasive blood glucose sensing monitor. In this invention, a process for calibrating a blood glucose monitor for an individual patient is described. This process provides a means for achieving the exquisite control or management of both signal as well as noise within the noninvasive measurement during calibration and subsequently during the long-term use of the calibrated device by humans desiring to monitor their level of blood glucose on demand.
2. Background Art
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,070,874; 5,360,004; 5,379,764; 5,471,981; and 5,460,177 describe methods for the noninvasive measurement of blood glucose levels. In general, these methods use a spectrophotometer to measure the absorbance of near-infrared radiation at different wavelengths across the range of interest. The absorbance plotted against the wavelengths constitutes a spectrum. By analyzing the spectrum, the blood glucose levels, or changes thereto, can be determined. As the blood glucose levels vary, the detected spectrum also changes.
It is generally known that calibration of analytical devices can be accomplished through using univariate or multivariate mathematical/statistical analysis methodology. As such, reports of noninvasive blood glucose sensing have demonstrated the correlation of measurements of spectroscopic measurements obtained noninvasively with an alternative method known as a reference method requiring invasive and often painful sample collection. While much previous work deals with the process of calibration leading to interesting mathematical/statistical correlations, mathematical models have not yet been shown to be useful for reliable prospective glucose tests of a diabetic patient's blood glucose.
Previous reports on noninvasive glucose sensing have not proven that prospective noninvasive glucose determinations using these methods possess sufficient accuracy to allow the newly emerging technology to serve as a replacement of older invasive technology. By “prospective” testing, we mean that the glucose test results are followed forward in-time, allowing evaluation of long-term accuracy. Prospective testing involves evaluation and continuous monitoring of independent glucose tests as additional time lapses after first establishing the calibration. Previous reports have not demonstrated that the noninvasive technology can maintain model stability to the extent that these independent test results can remain accurate even as time elapses after the initial creation of the calibration model.
In previous calibration methods, data from numerous patients has been collected to calibrate a glucose monitor to a theoretical “norm”. Test results from an individual patient were then compared to this norm to try to calculate that individual patient's glucose level. However, calibration using data obtained from a multitude of patients to prospectively measure glucose in any one patient has not been successful. This is mainly due to the large person-to-person variation in the morphology, physiology and chemistry of the skin.
Therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide a method of individually calibrating a noninvasive blood glucose sensing device to overcome the problems associated with patient-to-patient variability and also variability with an individual patient. It is also an object of the invention to provide a personalized calibration method that spans a patient's skin, spans time between readings and spans glucose variation inherent in a diabetic condition.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A method is provided for calibrating a noninvasive glucose monitor for prospective noninvasive glucose determination. Spectroscopic transflectance readings are measured on the patient's skin using a noninvasive glucose monitor. The patient's blood glucose level is measured with an invasive glucose monitor. The noninvasive and invasive measurements are correlated to form an individual algorithm for each patient.
Preferably, the position of the patient's skin with respect to the probe of the noninvasive monitor is spatially adjusted while collecting the transflectance measurements such that multiple readings are taken on the patient's skin. The measurements are preferably taken over a period of time and over a plurality of glucose levels in the patient.
A complete understanding of the invention will be obtained from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing figures.
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Barker Todd Q.
Cooper Patrick J.
Diasense, Inc.
Wallenhorst Maureen M.
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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