Patent ID: 9681807
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for transmitting data between devices of an analyte monitoring system, the method comprising: generating sensor data using a sensor electronics module electrically connected to a continuous analyte sensor during a first power mode; establishing a two-way communication channel between the sensor electronics module and a display device, and the sensor electronics module transmitting during the first power mode; transitioning to a second power mode, wherein the second power mode comprises the sensor electronics module being at a lower power than at the first power mode; providing a sleep pulse signal with a first current value to a sleep current circuit of the sensor electronics module upon the transition to the second power mode from the first power mode; and detecting, by the sleep current circuit during the second power mode, a resultant current value that is the summation of the first current value of the sleep pulse signal and a second current value of a sleep current of the sensor electronics module, wherein the second current value of the sleep current is generated based on a difference between the resultant current value and the first current value of the sleep pulse signal that is provided to the sleep current circuit, comparing the resultant current value with a predetermined threshold value during the second power mode, verifying whether an error associated with a normal battery drain of the sensor electronics module has occurred during the second power mode, wherein determining the error has occurred is based on said comparing indicating that the resultant current value is larger than the predetermined threshold value, transitioning to the first power mode from the second power mode, prior to the determination of the occurrence of the error in the sensor electronics module.