Bayer Healthcare LLC

Panasonic Corporation

Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings Ag

Derek Lok

Gerald Shaffer

Michael Woolsey

Masakazu Mori

Hiroshi Takano

Steven C Charlton

Qiang Fu

Igor Y Gofman

Hoi-Cheong Steve Sun

Paul M Ripley

Jun Chen

Harris Lieber

Steven Brian Harris

Gregory Stefkovic

Tony Nguyen

Lin Chen

Paul L Inman

Qiong Li

Gary J Johnson

Noriyuki Shinohara

Tieming Ruan

Akira Onoda

Weiping Zhong

Kouya Kurokawa

Gary Johnson

An architecture allows individual system components to be developed and tested individually, i.e., as distinct modules, and to be subsequently combined through standardized electrical and communication interfaces. Any combination of these modules can be implemented to form different products that provide any number of functions, such as an integrated system for monitoring a health condition and/or delivering a medication. The architecture also provides an approach for dynamically updating the product and offering its users the latest generation of technology even after the users have already purchased the product. In particular, the embodiments employ the communication interfaces to also provide connection to a remote network that can update or upgrade the product's software when the product is out in the field.

Architecture for field upgrade of a health monitoring system

A lancet-release mechanism is adapted to be incorporated into a lancing device. The lancing device is adapted to receive a lancet assembly therein. The lancing device is adapted to move the lancet assembly between a resting position, a cocking position, and a puncture position. The lancet-release mechanism comprises a lancet holder and a cantilever beam. The lancet holder forms a central aperture. The central aperture is adapted to receive the lancet assembly therein. The lancet holder further forms a plurality of protuberances thereon. The cantilever beam has a projection extending therefrom. The projection is adapted to engage the plurality of protuberances located on the lancet holder. The projection is adapted to separate the plurality of protuberances from each other so as to enlarge the central aperture.

Lancet-release mechanism

Lancet release mechanism

Glucose meter

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