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Default OT How expensive would it be to add wireless technology to a glucose meter?


"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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I have a One Touch Ultra BG meter (Many testers are also free). It
stores the time and date and the BG levels. It would be trivial to
also store my router's password, my email address and my doctor's
email address.

Many homes now have wireless networks. It seems like a pretty simple
thing to add a USB port for a wireless USB adapter.

Add the technology to blood pressure meters and bathroom scales. One
adapter, many devices.

With a USB port you could even feed information into the device with a
flash drive.


They do exist in hospitals, but from the looks of them, fairly expensive.
They scan the patients wristband barcode, take the test data and transmit to
the main computer in the patients record. Can handle multiple patients.
You'd need one of the electronics guys to rig your meter though. Do you
have software to collect the data?