Patent ID: 8077042

Claim:
A networkable personal wireless diabetes management system comprising: a personal wireless reader device including a unique personal wireless reader device ID, a wireless communication means for wirelessly accessing a remote server, and at least one additional reader or radio for communicating with an external wireless device; a disposable non-invasive or minimally invasive wireless diagnostic skin patch including a glucose sensor adapted to be applied on a skin surface of a human subject for measuring glucose levels in the human subject and being compatible with at least one of said readers of said personal wireless reader device for transferring said measured glucose levels wirelessly from said wireless diagnostic skin patch to said personal wireless reader device; an autonomous wireless insulin delivery pump compatible with one of said readers of said personal wireless reader device; said personal wireless reader device including an internal microprocessor for analyzing said measured glucose levels of said skin patch and controlling delivery of insulin from said pump to the human subject in response to said analysis of said measured glucose levels; and said wireless diagnostic skin patch including a unique diagnostic skin patch ID for allowing said reader device to initially determine if said skin patch is recognized by said reader device and wherein said wireless reader device initiates communication with said remote server in response to not recognizing said unique diagnostic skin patch ID and said server authenticates said unique diagnostic skin patch ID associated with said unique personal wireless reader device ID and transfers software related to said glucose sensor to said reader device for allowing said reader device to recognize said glucose sensor and perform said analysis of said measured glucose levels of the human subject.