title: Miniatured blood glucose measurement module interfaced with cellular phone.
abstract: Chronic diabetes requires systematic disease management that considers the patients' personal characteristics such as age and sex. The bureaucratic complexity of the Korean medical system lowers the efficiency of diabetes management. The present study developed a miniature blood glucose meter interfaced through the serial port of a cellular phone. The measured glucose level is displayed and efficiently managed by the customized GUI program run on the mobile platform. The present results demonstrate a new medical application example of mobile telecommunication technology.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Gu
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Kyung-Soon
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seong-Sik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi-Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyung-Ah
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun-Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D040421:Cell Phone; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose