Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd.

Akiyoshi Oozawa

Norio Imai

Eiji Okuda

Kazuo Manabe

Tooru Aoki

Hiroshi Ando

A wireless blood glucose meter is a battery-powered apparatus to communicating wirelessly with a portable terminal, and includes a blood glucose level detector that measures a blood glucose level, a transmitter that transmits the blood glucose level measured by the blood glucose level detector to the portable terminal, a receiver that receives a response signal sent from the portable terminal in response to the transmission of the blood glucose level by the transmitter to the portable terminal, and a voltage monitor that monitors the output voltage of the battery. A transmission control circuit changes the transmission method used by the transmitter on the basis of the output voltage of the battery as detected by the voltage monitor.

Biological sample measurement apparatus

A wireless blood glucose meter () has a blood glucose level detector (), a transmitter (), a receiver (), a storage component (), and a transmission power determiner (). Whether or not an acknowledge signal has been received and the transmission power when the transmitter () has transmitted a blood glucose level are stored as history information in the storage component (), and the transmission power determiner () determines the transmission power when the transmitter () transmits on the basis of the history information stored in the storage component ().

Biological sample measurement apparatus and biological sample measurement system equipped with same

A blood glucose measurement device () comprises a test piece insertion unit () for inserting, holding, and electrically connecting a test piece on which an electrode pattern has been formed, a measurement circuit () for electrochemically measuring a biological sample that has been placed in the form of a spot on the test piece, a communication circuit () for transmitting the result of measurement with the measurement circuit () by wireless communication using an antenna electrode (C) equipped with the test piece, and a switch () that is connected to the test piece insertion unit () for switching between the measurement circuit () and the communication circuit ().

Test piece for measuring biological sample and biological sample measurement apparatus

A transmission device includes a transmitter for transmitting various signals to a reception device, a receiver for receiving a response signal emitted from the reception device in response to the transmission of the various signals from the transmitter to the reception device, a transmission/reception controller for performing control of the receiver and the transmitter, and a reception specifier for specifying the reception timing of the intermittent reception of the reception device when a response signal from the reception device has been received. The transmission/reception controller decides the timing at which the transmission of the various signals will begin, and how long the transmission will last, on the basis of the reception timing specified by the reception specifier.

Transmission device, and wireless communication apparatus using the same

A biological sample measurement apparatus includes a measurement component for detecting a blood glucose level, a transmitter for sending the detected blood glucose level to a portable terminal, a receiver for receiving an acknowledge signal and a portable terminal ID sent from the portable terminal, a storage component for associating the communication frequency at the point of successful communication with the received portable terminal ID and storing it as communication success history along with successful information from the past, and a communication frequency selector for selecting a communication frequency on the basis of this communication success history.

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Ehime, Japan

Akiyoshi Oozawa