(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2003/0090649 Al
Sterling et al. (43) Pub. Date: May 15,2003
(54) REAGENT-LESS WHOLE-BLOOD GLUCOSE METER
(76) Inventors: Bernhard B. Sterling, Sunnyvale, CA
(US); Philip C. Hartstein, Cupertino,
CA (US); Kenneth I. Li, Piedmont, CA
(US); Mark D. Agostino, Alameda, CA
(US); David C. Klonoff, Burlingame,
CA (US); Robert D. Gaffney, Atherton,
CA (US); Peng Zheng, Alameda, CA
(US); Jennifer H. Gable, Walnut
Creek, CA (US); Kenneth G. Witte,
San Jose, CA (US); Heidi M. Smith,
Union City, CA (US); Jane J. Sheill,
Fremont, CA (US); Mike A. Munrow,
Belmont, CA (US); W. Dale Hall,
Oakland, CA (US); Daniel S.
Goldberger, Boulder, CO (US); Martin
J. Fennell, Fairfield, CA (US); Julian
M. Cortella, Alameda, CA (US); James
R. Braig, Piedmont, CA (US); Peter
Rule, Los Altos Hills, CA (US)
Correspondence Address:
KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP
2040 MAIN STREET
FOURTEENTH FLOOR
IRVINE, CA 92614 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/055,875
(22) Filed: Jan. 21, 2002
Related U.S. Application Data
(60) Provisional application No. 60/340,794, filed on Dec. 11, 2001. Provisional application No. 60/346,383, filed on Nov. 8, 2001.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G01N 33/48
(52) U.S. C I 356/39
(57) ABSTRACT
A reagentless whole-blood analyte detection system that is capable of being deployed near a patient has a source capable of emitting a beam of radiation that includes a spectral band. The whole-blood system also has a detector in an optical path of the beam. The whole-blood system also has a housing that is configured to house the source and the detector. The whole-blood system also has a sample element that is situated in the optical path of the beam. The sample element has a sample cell and a sample cell wall that does not eliminate transmittance of the beam of radiation in the spectral band.
