Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in medical communication system

• US 10,111,608 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2008
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hayter, Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): Brusca, John S
• Application Number:
  US12/102,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20080255437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,851 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0271 using a remote monitoring unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0033 Features or image-related aspects of imaging apparatus classified in A61B5/00, e.g. for MRI, optical tomography or impedance tomography apparatus; arrangements of imaging apparatus in a room image data processing or generation G06T
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14865 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1495 Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6867 specially adapted to be attached or implanted in a specific body part A61B5/6847 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/74 Details of notification to user or communication with user or patient indicating measured values G01D7/00; user input means input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 40/00 ICT specially adapted for biostatistics; ICT specially adapted for bioinformatics-related machine learning or data mining, e.g. knowledge discovery or pattern finding

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.

Claims

1. A method for notifying a user about an alarm condition without causing interruption to a predetermined routine, the method comprising:

executing a concurrent passive notification routine on an analyte monitoring device, the concurrent passive notification routine comprising monitoring analyte levels received from a sensor for the alarm condition;

executing the predetermined routine comprising one or more of performing a finger stick blood glucose test, calibrating a sensor unit, configuring a device setting, reviewing historical glucose data, reviewing historical alarms, events, or entries in a data log, managing a data communication setting, transferring data to a data processing terminal, or reviewing a higher priority alarm condition;

in response to detecting the alarm condition by the concurrent passive notification routine during the execution of the predetermined routine, outputting to a user interface a first indication associated with the alarm condition, wherein the first indication is outputted during the execution of and without interruption to the predetermined routine; and

in response to a termination or a completion of the predetermined routine, outputting to the user interface by the concurrent passive notification routine a second indication for the alarm condition associated with the first indication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication includes one or more of a visual, audible, or vibratory indicator.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second indication includes one or more of a visual, audible, or vibratory indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication includes a temporary indicator, and further, wherein the second indication includes a predetermined alarm associated with the detected alarm condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication is active during the execution of the predetermined routine, and is inactive at the end of the predetermined routine.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second indication is active at the end of the predetermined routine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first indication and the second indication includes one or more of a visual text notification alert, a backlight indicator, a graphical notification, an audible notification, or a vibratory notification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined routine is executed to completion without interruption.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein when the alarm condition is detected during the execution of the predetermined routine, the first indication is output as a temporary alarm notification that does not disrupt the predetermined routine.

10. An apparatus for notifying a user about an alarm condition without causing interruption to a predetermined routine, the apparatus comprising:

a user interface; and

a data processing unit operatively coupled to the user interface, the data processing unit configured to;

execute a concurrent passive notification routine on an analyte monitoring device to monitor analyte levels received from a sensor for the alarm condition;

execute the predetermined routine comprising one or more of performing a finger stick blood glucose test, calibrating a sensor unit, configuring a device setting, reviewing historical glucose data, reviewing historical alarms, events, or entries in a data log, managing a data communication setting, transferring data to a data processing terminal, or reviewing a higher priority alarm condition;

wherein the data processing unit is further configured to, in response to detecting the alarm condition by the concurrent passive notification routine during the execution of the predetermined routine, output to the user interface a first indication associated with the alarm condition during the execution of and without interruption to the predetermined routine;

wherein the data processing unit is further configured to, in response to a termination or a completion of the predetermined routine, output to the user interface a second indication by the concurrent passive notification routine for the alarm condition associated with the first indication.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first indication includes one or more of a visual, audible, or vibratory indicator.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second indication includes one or more of a visual, audible, or vibratory indicator.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first indication includes a temporary indicator, and further, wherein the second indication includes a predetermined alarm associated with the detected alarm condition.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first indication is output to the user interface during the execution of the predetermined routine, and is not output to the user interface at or subsequent to the end of the predetermined routine.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second indication is active at the end of the predetermined routine.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein each of the first indication and the second indication includes one or more of a visual text notification alert, a backlight indicator, a graphical notification, an audible notification, or a vibratory notification, configured to output to the user interface.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the predetermined routine is executed to completion without interruption.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data processing unit is configured such that when the alarm condition is detected during the execution of the predetermined routine, the first indication is output as a temporary alarm notification that does not disrupt the predetermined routine.