Patent ID: 7963917

Claim:
A method for real time remote monitoring and display of a level of at least one analyte in a body fluid of a subject, comprising: contacting a remote device to an area of biological membrane having a permeability level, the remote device comprising a sensor and a transmitter; extracting the analyte through and out of the area of biological membrane and into the sensor; generating an electrical signal representative of a level of the analyte; transmitting the electrical signal to a base device; processing the electrical signal to determine the level of the analyte and the rate of change of the level of analyte, wherein the one or more future analyte level(s) are calculated based on the determined level of analyte and an average of the determined rate of change of the level of analyte; displaying the level of the at least one analyte in real time; and triggering an alarm if (1) one or more determinations of the level of analyte is/are below a hypoglycemic preset limit or above a hyperglycemic preset limit and (2) the determined rate of change of the level of analyte predicts that one or more future analyte level(s) will be below the hypoglycemic preset limit or above the hyperglycemic preset limit within a period of time.