Patent ID: 7545272
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: A61B,G01N,G06K,G08C

Abstract:
1. A glucose monitoring system, comprising: (a) a glucose sensor comprising a strip, including: (b) an antenna integrated with the glucose sensor; (c) a RFID sensor chip coupled with the glucose sensor and the antenna, wherein the chip comprises a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing expiration date information for the sensor; and (d) a RFID reader integrated with a glucose meter that has a port for inserting the glucose sensor strip and measuring a glucose level, wherein the RFID reader is for reading, programming or powering the chip, or combinations thereof, and (e) wherein the expiration date data is automatically read from the RFID sensor chip by the RFID reader by RF communication when the strip is inserted into the port of the glucose meter.