Patent ID: 8372351

Claim:
A diabetes management system comprising: a portable glucose monitor including: a glucose sensor that senses a glucose level and provides glucose sensor data representative of the level of glucose sensed; a glucose monitor processor configured to receive the glucose sensor data, process the received glucose sensor data, and provide such processed glucose data for transmission; a wireless communication component including a transmitter configured to receive the processed glucose data and wirelessly transmit the processed glucose data by a non-proprietary protocol; a test strip switch located and configured to be activated by insertion of a test strip into the portable glucose monitor, the test strip switch providing an activation signal once activated; wherein the glucose monitor processor is connected to the test strip switch and is programmed to become active upon receiving the activation signal at which time the glucose monitor processor receives the glucose senor data and provides the processed glucose data for transmission, and controls the wireless communication component to transmit the processed glucose data; a portable housing in which are located only the glucose sensor, the glucose data processor, and the communication component and including no direct user interface other than the glucose sensor; and a remote host calculation device including: a remote host communication module configured to wirelessly pair with the portable glucose monitor using the non-proprietary protocol so that data communications between the two may occur; a display; a remote host processor; and a nonvolatile memory in which is stored a host glucose data processing program; wherein the remote host processor is connected to the remote host communication module; the display, and the remote host nonvolatile memory to access the memory to upload into the processor and run the host glucose data processing program which programs the remote host processor to: control the remote host communication module to pair with the portable glucose monitor and receive processed sensor data; analyze glucose data received from the portable glucose monitor; display a determined glucose level; and provide a calculated action on the display in response to the determined glucose level.