Patent ID: 8423386

Claim:
A blood glucose level managing system comprising: a blood glucose measuring device; and a measurement data managing device, wherein the blood glucose measuring device comprises: a nonvolatile storage having a serial number area in a predetermined area therein for storing a serial number and a nickname area in a predetermined area therein for storing a nickname; a read control section adapted to read out the serial number from the serial number area upon receiving a predetermined instruction; and a first communication section connected to the read control section and adapted to perform data communication with an external device, and wherein the measurement data managing device comprises: a second communication section adapted to perform communication with the first communication section; a blood glucose measuring device individual setting table having a serial number field for storing the serial number and a nickname field for storing the nickname for identifying the blood glucose measuring device; a blood glucose measuring device detecting section connected to the second communication section and adapted to detect the establishment of the communication between the first communication section and the second communication section; a blood glucose measuring device operating section adapted to acquire the serial number and the nickname by transmitting, in response to the fact that the blood glucose measuring device detecting section has detected the establishment of the communication between the first communication section and the second communication section, the predetermined instruction to the read control section to instruct it to read out the serial number from the serial number area, and searching the blood glucose measuring device individual setting table using the serial number received from the read control section; and a first display adapted to display the nickname acquired by the blood glucose measuring device operating section; wherein the blood glucose measuring device further comprises a write control section adapted to record the nickname in the nickname area when the first communication section and the second communication section are connected with each and the nickname is received from the measurement data managing device through the first communication section.