Abstract: A portable handheld medical diagnostic device includes a front housing and a rear housing opposite the front housing. The front housing and the rear housing form a protective enclosure. A main circuit board is located in the protective enclosure. The main circuit board includes a controller facilitating a physiologic measurement. A display device is connected to the main circuit board that displays information related to the physiologic measurement. A frame is located in the protective enclosure that carries the display device and locates the display device adjacent the front housing such that the display device can be viewed from outside the protective enclosure. The frame includes a strip port formed integrally therewith that is accessible from outside the protective enclosure.

Abstract: A fold may be made in a conventional box which reduces the amount of packaging material necessary to secure an item in the box. Rear projection televisions may have a thick base and a thin top. Therefore, rectangular boxes may have much space at the top from the front of the box to the back of the box, in particular, when the television is in the carton, there may be substantial space between the back of the top of the television to the back panel of the carton. Typically, packaging material is placed in this space. By placing a fold in the carton along the portion of the box where this packaging material may conventionally extend, the amount of packaging material may be reduced by abutting the packaging material to the fold in the carton instead of the back panel of the carton.

Abstract: A blood glucose measuring system which comprises a blood glucose (bG) meter and a portable communication device (PCD) and methods thereof are disclosed. The blood glucose meter comprises a measurement module and a wireless module, wherein the measurement module is operable to measure the blood glucose level of a blood sample, the wireless module is an embeddable module and communicates to the measurement module via a serial interface, and the wireless module is operable to wirelessly communicate to the portable communication device. The portable communication device is operable to wirelessly receive information from the blood glucose meter related to the blood glucose measurement.

Abstract: A control circuit and method for controlling a bi-stable display having bi-stable segments each capable of transitioning between an on state and an off state via application of a voltage are disclosed. The voltage is provided to a display driver from a charge pump, and supplied to individual ones of the bi-stable segments via outputs from the display driver in accordance with display instructions provided by a system controller. Both a bi-stable segment voltage level of at least one of the outputs of the display driver and a charge pump voltage level of the voltage are detected and compared to a valid bi-stable segment voltage level and a valid charge pump voltage level, respectively. A malfunction signal may be provided to the system controller if either of the detected voltage levels is not valid. The control circuit is useful in an electronic device such as, for example, a blood glucose measuring device.

Abstract: An embeddable module for measuring a blood glucose level may be embedded in an external host and may comprise a host interface, a microcontroller, an ASIC, a temperature measuring element, and a measurement strip port. The host interface may permit electrical communication between the host and the microcontroller. The microcontroller and ASIC may communicate with each other and may work together to measure the blood glucose level of a blood sample. The measurement strip port may receive a removable measurement strip having the blood sample. The ASIC may communicate with the measurement strip port such that the ASIC may receive signals from the measurement strip port related to the blood glucose level of the blood sample. The temperature measuring element may be in electrical communication with the microcontroller and may measure the temperature of the module and transmit signals to the microcontroller related to the temperature of the module.

Abstract: A system and method for mounting a light engine assembly is provided. More specifically, the system comprises a housing structure including an upper portion and a lower portion, a mounting structure coupled to the housing structure, wherein the mounting structure is not affixed to the lower portion, and a light engine coupled to the mounting structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides an innovative means for efficient and secure component assembly and for ensuring secure electrical connections in a small diagnostics device where available space for fasteners is limited. In one embodiment, principles of leverage are employed to produce a force at a location where space is available. The force is transferred to a different location of the assembly where it is used to maintain secure connections between components.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a multi-purpose flat panel display cover. One embodiment of the present invention may include a cover for a flat panel display, the cover comprising a shield portion configured to protect a flat panel display screen, and a handle portion coupled to the shield portion, wherein the cover is configured to hingedly couple with the flat panel display and rotate into a display support configuration.

Abstract: A backlight assembly for a display panel includes a light pipe that is divided into a plurality of horizontal portions, a light source including a plurality of selectively illuminated lamps arranged at lateral sides of each of the horizontal portions for emitting light into the light pipe, a plurality of diffusion surfaces, each of the diffusion surfaces being provided on a selected area of a respective one of the plurality of the horizontal portions, wherein each of the diffusion surfaces causes light to be emitted from the selected area of the respective horizontal portion when the light pipe is illuminated by the lamp associated therewith.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes an LCD panel having an exterior surface with a first area and an interior surface; a light filter layer having an exterior surface provided at the interior surface of the LCD panel and an interior surface; a light guide assembly provided behind the interior surface of the light filter layer, the light guide assembly including a plurality of light pipes; a light source including a plurality of selectively illuminated lamps arranged at a lateral side of the light guide assembly, each of the lamps being respectively associated with a different one of the light pipes for emitting light into the respective light pipe; a plurality of diffusion surfaces, each of the diffusion surfaces being provided on a selected area of a respective one of the plurality of the light pipes, the selected area being smaller than the first area; wherein each of the diffusion surfaces causes light to be emitted from the selected area of the respective light pipe when the light pipe is illum

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that is adapted to cool a heat generating device. An electronic device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises an enclosure that contains a source of heat, and a cooling structure adjacent to the enclosure, the cooling structure being adapted to draw an internal intake comprising heat generated by the source of heat and to draw an external intake from outside the enclosure, the cooling structure being further adapted to combine the internal intake with the external intake to form an exhaust.

Abstract: A fold may be made in a conventional box which reduces the amount of packaging material necessary to secure an item in the box. Rear projection televisions may have a thick base and a thin top. Therefore, rectangular boxes may have much space at the top from the front of the box to the back of the box, in particular, when the television is in the carton, there may be substantial space between the back of the top of the television to the back panel of the carton. Typically, packaging material is placed in this space. By placing a fold in the carton along the portion of the box where this packaging material may conventionally extend, the amount of packaging material may be reduced by abutting the packaging material to the fold in the carton instead of the back panel of the carton.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for mounting a light engine assembly. More specifically, there is provided a system comprising a housing structure including an upper portion and a lower portion, a mounting structure coupled to the housing structure, wherein the mounting structure is not affixed to the lower portion, and a light engine coupled to the mounting structure.

Abstract: A projection display with a cabinet having a back wall with an outside face and an inside face, two support arms supporting the cabinet extending vertically along the outside face of the back wall of the cabinet and spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of the mirror is described. The cabinet has four raised pads formed on the inside face of the back wall proximate the support arms for locating the mirror, and the mirror is biased against the four pads to hold it in a vertical position.

Abstract: The invention provides a fastener, fastening system and fastening method for use in mounting display screen assemblies to bezels of display device housings while avoiding the use of screws through the screen to secure the screen to the bezel. One embodiment of the invention provides a fastener comprising a first flange for engaging the display screen assembly and a second flange for engaging the bezel. An intermediate portion extends between the first and second flanges. At least a portion of the intermediate portion comprises a resiliently deformable material having sufficient deformability to permit deforming the fastener from an initial position to a second position to permit installation of the fastener. The resiliently deformable material has sufficient resilience to permit the fastener to substantially reform to the initial position after installation of the fastener. The initial position maintains the display panel assembly in contact with the bezel after installation of the fastener.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a printed circuit board (PCB) to an enclosure, comprising: a flexible fastener having a first pair of hooks extending from two side walls for slidably engaging with a plurality of apertures in a floor of the enclosure, two spring members extending from a front wall for exerting forward pressure, and two longitudinal members extending from a back wall of the flexible fastener, each of the longitudinal members having a snapping lock for snapping the flexible fastener into place.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a printed circuit board (PCB) to an enclosure, comprising: a flexible fastener having a first pair of hooks extending from two side walls for slidably engaging with a plurality of apertures in a floor of the enclosure, two spring members extending from a front wall for exerting forward pressure, and two longitudinal members extending from a back wall of the flexible fastener, each of the longitudinal members having a snapping lock for snapping the flexible fastener into place.