Patents by Inventor Mel Chiba

Mel Chiba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analyte testing method and system
    Patent number: 8958991
    Abstract: Described and illustrated herein is an exemplary method of operating an analyte measurement device having a display, user interface, processor, memory, and user interface buttons. Such method can be achieved by measuring an analyte with the analyte measurement device, displaying a value representative of the analyte, querying a user to select a predetermined flag to associate the predetermined flag with the value, and pressing only one of the user interface buttons once to store the predetermined flag with the value in the memory of the analyte measurement device. In one embodiment, the testing device is a glucose meter and the analyte being tested is glucose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Chris Stephens, Lynne Coventry, Raymond John Welsh, David Angus Sturrock, Alexander Strachan, Mel Chiba, Allan Orr
  • ANALYTE TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100041084
    Abstract: Described and illustrated herein is an exemplary method of operating an analyte measurement device having a display, user interface, processor, memory, and user interface buttons. Such method can be achieved by measuring an analyte with the analyte measurement device, displaying a value representative of the analyte, querying a user to select a predetermined flag to associate the predetermined flag with the value, and pressing only one of the user interface buttons once to store the predetermined flag with the value in the memory of the analyte measurement device. In one embodiment, the testing device is a glucose meter and the analyte being tested is glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: LifeScan Scotland Ltd.
    Inventors: Chris STEPHENS, Lynne Coventry, Raymond John Welsh, David Angus Sturrock, Alexander Strachan, Mel Chiba, Allan Orr
  • ANALYTE TESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090187351
    Abstract: Described and illustrated herein is an exemplary method of operating an analyte measurement device having a display, user interface, processor, memory, and user interface buttons. Such method can be achieved by measuring an analyte with the analyte measurement device, displaying a value representative of the analyte, prompting a user to select a flag to associate the flag with the value, and pressing only one of the user interface buttons once to store the flag with the value in the memory of the analyte measurement device. In one embodiment, the testing device is a glucose meter and the analyte being tested is glucose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: LifeScan Scotland Ltd.
    Inventors: Allan Orr, Stan Young, Mel Chiba, Anton Petkov
  • User interface in an analyte meter
    Patent number: D612274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland, Ltd.
    Inventors: Karen Heidemann, Anton Petkov, Mel Chiba, Charles Henry Blevins, Michele Monico, Adelio Bolognesi, Allan Orr
  • User interface in an analyte meter
    Patent number: D612279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Lifescan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Karen Heidemann, Anton Petkov, Mel Chiba, Charles Henry Blevins, Michele Monico, Adelio Bolognesi, Allan Orr