Medical Applications--USB to RS-232 Serial Adapters
Application: Diabetes Testing
Quatech Products Used: USB
to RS-232 serial adapters
Diabetics must test their blood sugar levels often (sometimes
more than 5 times a day) in order to make informed decisions about medication
dosages and food consumption. Many of the testing meters available can
store these readings for subsequent download and computer analysis. The
meter software not only accesses all of the stored blood sugar reading,
it performs helpful analysis such as average glucose level by time of
day and day of week. It can also be used to track glucose levels at preset
meal times, or highlight the number of readings above or below a preprogrammed
"ideal" range.
The meters often
require a serial port to connect to the computer. Quatech's USB to serial adapters
can provide this connectivity to computers without serial port, or to those
needing an additional port to access the meter. Our customer is using the DSU-100
to provide these ports, but any of Quatech's serial connectivity products would
work equally well.
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