IP Library Granted Patent US 10,856,809
Granted Patent B2
US 10,856,809 · App. 15/464,810 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Earpiece with glucose sensor and system

Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen (Munich, DE)
Assignee: BRAGI GmbH
A61B5/6817A61B5/1455A61B5/14532H04R1/028H04R1/1016H04R1/1041H04R2420/07
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Patent No.
US 10,856,809
App. No.
15/464,810
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earpiece may include an earpiece housing, an intelligent control disposed within the earpiece housing, and a glucose sensor operatively connected to the intelligent control. The intelligent control may be configured to determine glucose levels associated with a user of the earpiece using the glucose sensor. The earpiece may further include a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing, the wireless transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control. The glucose sensor may be a non-invasive glucose sensor such as a near infrared glucose sensor. The earpiece housing may be configured to position the glucose sensor against a wall of the external auditory canal.

Claims (24)

1. A set of wireless earpieces having a first earpiece and a second earpiece, each of the first earpiece and the second earpiece comprising:

an earpiece housing, the earpiece housing configured as an ear bud and sized and shaped to fit a portion of the earpiece housing into an external auditory canal;

an intelligent control disposed within the earpiece housing;

a glucose sensor operatively connected to the intelligent control and positioned to fit against a wall of the external auditory canal;

wherein the intelligent control of the first earpiece is configured to determine a first glucose level associated with a user of the set of earpieces using the glucose sensor of the first earpiece;

wherein the intelligent control of the second earpiece is configured to determine a second glucose level associated with the user of the set of earpieces using the glucose sensor of the second earpiece;

wherein the set of earpieces is configured to communicate the first glucose level and the second glucose level between the first earpiece and the second earpiece and compare the first glucose level from the glucose sensor of the first earpiece and the second glucose level from the glucose sensor of the second earpiece using at least one of the intelligent controls of the set of wireless earpieces to increase accuracy and detect error in the first glucose level and the second sensed glucose level; and

wherein the set of wireless earpieces is configured to compare at least one of the first glucose level and the second glucose level to a threshold glucose level.

2. The set of earpieces of claim 1 further comprising a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing of each of the first earpiece and the second earpiece, the wireless transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control; wherein the wireless transceiver disposed of within the earpiece housing of each of the first earpiece and the second earpiece is configured to communicate data between the set of earpieces.

3. The set of earpieces of claim 2 wherein the glucose sensor is a non-invasive glucose sensor.

4. The set of earpieces of claim 3 wherein the glucose sensor is a near infrared glucose sensor.

5. The set of earpieces of claim 1 wherein each of the first earpiece and the second earpiece further comprises:

a speaker operably coupled to the intelligent control; and

a microphone operably coupled to the intelligent control;

wherein the intelligent control disposed within the earpiece housing is configured to play music and/or audio.

6. A method of glucose monitoring of an individual using a set of earpieces, the method comprising:

providing the earpieces, each of the earpieces comprising an earpiece housing, an intelligent control disposed within the earpiece housing, a transceiver and a glucose sensor operatively connected to the intelligent control, the glucose sensor configured to be positioned against a wall of an external auditory canal of the individual;

sensing a first glucose level of the individual by a first of the earpieces at a first external auditory canal of a first ear of the individual using the glucose sensor of the first of the earpieces and sensing a second glucose level of the individual by a second of the earpieces at a second external auditory canal of a second ear of the individual using the glucose sensor of the second of the earpieces;

communicating the sensed first glucose level from the first of the earpieces within the set of earpieces to the second of the earpieces within the set of earpieces by the transceiver of the first of the earpiece operatively connected to the intelligent control; and

comparing the sensed first glucose level from the first of the earpieces and the second glucose level of the second of the earpieces by the intelligent control of the second of the earpieces to determine differences in the first glucose level and the second glucose level to increase accuracy and/or detect error in the first glucose level and the second glucose level.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising wirelessly communicating the at least one of the first glucose level and the second glucose level of the individual from the earpieces to a mobile device using the transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing of one of the each of the earpieces, the transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the glucose sensor is non-invasive.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the glucose sensor provides continuous measurement.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the glucose sensor utilizes near infrared monitoring.

Assignments (1)
EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENT Recorded Jun 7, 2019
From: BOESEN, PETER VINCENT
To: BRAGI GMBH
Reel/Frame 049412/0168 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62312593 · Mar 24, 2016
Related Publication 20170273625A1 · Sep 28, 2017