Patent ID: 8930028
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A handheld diabetes management device that is at least partially functional while a battery of the handheld diabetes management device is discharged and power is supplied to the handheld diabetes management device via a universal serial bus (USB) connection, the handheld diabetes management device comprising: a housing having a blood glucose (bG) test strip port; a processor module carried in the housing, the processor module including memory having instructions for executing functions of the handheld diabetes management device and a processor configured for executing the instructions; battery terminals that electrically connected the processor module: a re-chargeable battery electrically connected to the battery terminals; a bG measurement engine coupled to the processor and the re-chargeable battery, the bG measurement engine configured to measure a bG level; a receptacle that is configured in accordance with a universal serial bus (USB) standard; a plug that is configured in accordance with the USB standard; at least one component for communicating information from the handheld diabetes management device to one of a user and another device; and a multiplexer module that receives power via the receptacle from the plug and prevents the measurement of the bG level, a bus voltage node that selectively received power from the multiplexer module, wherein the processor module is configured to directly connect to the bus voltage node and the processor module receives power from the bus voltage node based upon the re-chargeable battery being discharged, wherein the at least one component receives power via the bus voltage node based upon the re-chargeable battery being discharged, and wherein the processor module is configured to control application of power to the at least one component and operation of the at least one component based upon the re-chargeable battery is discharged.