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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Michael J. Haas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert K. Rowe, Corrales, NM (US);
Edward V. Thomas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael J. Haas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert K. Rowe, Corrales, NM (US);
Edward V. Thomas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
InLight Solutions, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring a biological attribute, such as the concentration of an analyte, particularly a blood analyte in tissue such as glucose. The method utilizes spectrographic techniques in conjunction with an improved instrument-tailored or subject-tailored calibration model. In a calibration phase, calibration model data is modified to reduce or eliminate instrument-specific attributes, resulting in a calibration data set modeling intra-instrument or intra-subject variation. In a prediction phase, the prediction process is tailored for each target instrument separately using a minimal number of spectral measurements from each instrument or subject.