Miniatured blood glucose measurement module interfaced with cellular phone.
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.
Jun
Byung-Gu
BG
Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.
Park
Kyung-Soon
KS
Kim
Seong-Sik
SS
Park
Mi-Sook
MS
Kim
Kyung-Ah
KA
Lee
Tae-Soo
TS
Cha
Eun-Jung
EJ
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D040421:Cell Phone; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*
D001786:Blood Glucose