Metspitzer wrote:
I have two medical devices that force me to make a list of results for
the doctor. One is my blood pressure machine and the other is my
blood glucose tester.

I don't know if anyone else would find it useful, but I would like to
be able to transfer the data to my computer instead of having to write
it down. I know I can get an expensive model, but I think I have a
pretty economical solution by adding a USB port to each device.

Program the machines at the factory to send the data to an email
address stored on a USB wireless network adapter. I know that the
devices do not use this method now, but it would be an almost no cost
improvement if manufacturers would implement it.

Some Blood glucose meters (The Accucheck Active is the one I use) have
an IR connection, and will talk to a free application I have installed
on an old Windows CE based PDA I have, which can in turn be used to
store and forward the data as an Excel spreadsheet via Mobile Sync. The
PDA will display all the information your doctor will want, including
things like a graph of the last 28 days readings, rolling averages and
trends, so the PC record is just for printouts and safety.

Accucheck will also sell you an IR adaptor for your computer which I
know will work under XP.

Other Accucheck meters can be connected via USB, but the connector on
the meter is often non-standard.

The BP problem I can't help with, as my cheap BP meter just stores the
last 30 readings and will display them on demand. On the other hand,
according to his face when he checks it, my blood pressure is
disgustingly normal, so I just keep occasional tabs on it.

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Tciao for Now!

John.