Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Kurt Klem

Mark Nierzwick

James R Parker

Raymond Strickland

Carol Jane Batman

Patricia A Hopkinson

Lynne Denise Sly

Nancy Kennedy Byrd

Steven Jerome Moore

Sandy Mark Richards

Christopher L Belisle

Vladimir Svetnik

Michael Joseph Blackburn

Richard W Wilson

Robert A Parks

Robert G Davies

Timothy L Ranney

Marshall M Parker

Nathan Eugene Manlove

Craig L Carlson

Duane Patrick Fridley

Larry Lewis Lockridge

Richard J Kasle

Les G Henderson

Joe Forler

Stephen E Moak

Frank M Polaski

Atwell R Shearer

Tim Aykroyd

Tracy Knudsen

William Brothers

Eric Williams

Greg Paul Carpenter

Michael Steven Ray

Leonard Allen Vetsch

Timothy J Dishop

Marvin W Glass

A method for operating a medical device includes activating a processor in the medical device in a low-power operating mode, measuring a first voltage level of the battery, applying at least one discharge pulse to the battery in response to the first voltage level of the battery being greater than a predetermined passivation minimum voltage threshold and less than a predetermined passivation maximum voltage threshold, measuring a second voltage level of the battery after the at least one discharge pulse, and operating the processor in the medical device in an increased-power operating mode to continue operation of the medical device only in response to the second voltage level being greater than or equal to a predetermined operating voltage threshold, the predetermined operating voltage threshold being greater than the predetermined passivation minimum voltage threshold and less than or equal to the predetermined passivation maximum voltage threshold.

Apparatus and method for battery passivation compensation in a medical device

Methods and systems for a device pairing system configured to pair and including a peripheral device (PD) and a central device (CD), and memory communicatively coupled to processor(s) and storing instructions that cause the system to perform when executed by processor(s): establishing a connection over a wireless communication channel between the devices; conducting, by the CD, a discovery of a characteristic value of the PD; determining an authentication determination prior to device pairing based on determination of a central characteristic value to arrive at one of a successful determination and an unsuccessful determination; utilizing the CD to send a pairing request to the PD to initiate pairing over the wireless communication channel based upon the characteristic discovery of the characteristic value of the PD; and, in response to the successful determination as the authentication determination, approving the pairing request with the PD and sending a pairing response to the CD.

Affirmative pairing systems and methods for devices

A private extension of the IEEE 11073 standard for enabling pass-thru communication between a external computing device and a medical device via a diabetes management device is disclosed herein. Within this context, a diabetes management system for configured to allow pass thru communication is described. The system includes a diabetes management device in communication with a external computing device and the first medical device. A pass-thru module of the diabetes management device uses a set of pass-thru commands for establishing a pass-thru communication path and enabling communication between the external computing device and the first medical device, and wherein the set of pass-through commands is defined in compliance with a communication protocol defined in accordance with IEEE standard 11073-20601.

Communication protocol that supports pass-thru communication

A method of configuring a hand-held instrument () for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid or a control comprises providing a configuring computer () having a first port () for transmitting instructions and data for configuring the instrument (), providing on the instrument () a second port () for receiving the instructions and data from the configuring computer (), coupling the first port () to the second port (), transmitting instructions and data to configure the instrument () from the first port (), receiving the instructions and data at the second port (), and configuring the instrument () according to the instructions and data transmitted from the first port () and received at the second port ().

Instrument setup utility program

An instrument ( ) has a well ( ) for receiving a dry cell ( ), an opening ( ) through which a first connector ( ) is exposed to the well ( ), and a boss ( ) adjacent the opening ( ). The boss ( ) precludes the wrong terminal of the dry cell ( ) from engaging the first connector ( ) when the dry cell ( ) is inserted into the well ( ) in incorrect orientation. A second connector ( ) includes a base ( ), a first leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the base portion, a second leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the first leg ( ), and a third leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the second leg ( ) and toward the first leg ( ). A display ( ) for the instrument ( ) has a lens ( ) having a substantially transparent substrate with a polyurethane coating. The instrument housing has first and second portions. At least one locator pin ( ) extends from one ( ) of the housing portions and at least one complementary socket ( ) extends from the other ( ) of the housing portions for receiving the pin ( ) to maintain the first ( ) and second ( ) portions in assembled orientation.

Apparatus and method for determining the concentration of a component of a sample

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Kurt Klem