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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
A H Clemens, Elkhart, IN (US);
David L Hough, Edwardsburg, MI (US);
Assignee:
Miles Laboratories, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-4 ; 604 28 ; 604 50 ; 604 31 ; 604 66 ; 604 67 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic apparatus and method for clamping the blood glucose concentration of a subject at any one of a plurality of levels. A desired clamping level (BC) is selected and the value of the present blood glucose concentration, corrected to fit a least squares regression lines (GY) in the bloodstream of the subject is periodically determined. Dextrose is introduced into the bloodstream of the subject at a rate (DR) derived in accordance with ##EQU1## wherein: DR=dextrose infusion rate for clamp (mg/min)