Patent ID: 8649997
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: A61B,G01K,G01N

Abstract:
1. A meter configured to predict a temperature value associated with an analyte concentration determination of a fluid sample, the meter comprising: a housing defining an interior and an exterior of the meter; a temperature sensor disposed within the interior defined by the housing; a processor disposed within the interior defined by the housing, the processor configured to determine a new predicted temperature value that approximates an ambient temperature for the exterior defined by the housing, the new predicted temperature value based on a first stored prior predicted temperature value and received prior temperature data that is at least partially associated with the temperature sensor such that the new predicted temperature value is set equal to the first stored prior predicted temperature value if recently received prior temperature data from the temperature sensor represents a measured temperature value that (i) is within predetermined upper and lower temperature thresholds, and (ii) exceeds the first stored prior predicted temperature value.