Two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup mechanism for body-mountable electronic device

1. A two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus comprising:

means for deploying a body-mountable electronic device onto a body that triggers a first deployment indicator;

means for monitoring for occurrence of the first deployment indicator indicative of deployment of the body-mountable electronic device onto the body;

control means for monitoring for occurrence of a second deployment indicator, wherein the control means is enabled in response to occurrence of the first deployment indicator, and wherein enabling the control means transitions the body-mountable electronic device from a first state to a second state; and

the control means transitioning, responsive to occurrence of the second deployment indicator, the body-mountable electronic device from the second state to an operational state.

2. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first state consumes less power than the second state.

3. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second state consumes less power than the operational state.

4. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first deployment indicator comprises an acceleration event indicative of the deployment of the body-mountable electronic device.

5. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the acceleration event comprises a g-force that exceeds a predetermined g-force threshold.

6. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a timeout occurs when the second deployment indicator is not detected within a predetermined time period after detection of the first deployment indicator, and wherein upon timeout the body-mountable electronic device transitions back from the second state to the first state.

7. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second deployment indicator comprises an indication that a measured electrical current matches a preset pattern or exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

8. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second deployment indicator comprises a gesture pattern in motion signals outputted by a motion sensor.

9. The two-phase deployment-initiated wakeup apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the gesture pattern comprises a pattern of body mountable electronic device movements, a pattern of rotations, a pattern of taps, or a combination thereof.

10. A body-mountable electronic device comprising:

a detachable deployment applicator for deploying the body-mountable electronic device, wherein the deployment applicator detaches upon deploying the body-mountable electronic device and generates a first deployment indicator;

a sensor adapted to monitor for occurrence of the first deployment indicator indicative of deployment of the body-mountable electronic device; and

control circuitry enabled by the occurrence of the first deployment indicator, the control circuitry adapted to:

transition the body-mountable electronic device from a first state to a second state in response to being enabled;

during the second state, monitor for occurrence of a second deployment indicator; and

transition the body-mountable electronic device from the second state to an operational state responsive to the occurrence of the second deployment indicator.

11. The body-mountable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first state consumes less power than the second state, and the second state consumes less power than the operational state.

12. The body-mountable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the sensor comprises a motion sensor, and the first deployment indicator comprises an acceleration event indicative of the deployment of the body-mountable electronic device.

13. The body-mountable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further adapted to detect the occurrence of the second deployment indicator by:

applying a voltage to a biosensor, wherein the biosensor is adapted to detect an analyte or interstitial fluid;

measure a current across the biosensor;

determine if the current across the biosensor exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

detect the occurrence of the second deployment indicator responsive to the current across the biosensor exceeding the predetermined threshold.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, direct the one or more processors to:

monitor for occurrence of a first deployment indicator indicative of deployment of a body-mountable electronic device based on an acceleration event that exceeds a g-force threshold configured to indicate deployment of the body-mountable electronic device by a deployment applicator;

in response to occurrence of the first deployment indicator,

transition a body-mountable electronic device from a first state to a second state, and

enable control circuitry to monitor for occurrence of a second deployment indicator; and

in response to the occurrence of the second deployment indicator, transition the body-mountable electronic device from the second state to an operational state.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the first state consumes less power than the second state, and wherein the second state consumes less power than the operational state.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the second deployment indicator comprises a gesture pattern.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 16 , wherein the gesture pattern comprises a pattern of body-mountable electronic device movements, a pattern of rotations, a pattern of taps, or a combination thereof.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further direct the one or more processors to:

detect the occurrence of the second deployment indicator when an electrical current measured across a biosensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value,

wherein the biosensor is operably coupled with the control circuitry and adapted to detect an analyte or interstitial fluid.