Control device with recommendations

• US 10,387,623 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2015
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Debiotech S.A.
• Original Assignee: Debiotech S.A.
• Inventors: Neftel, Frederic
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Adam
• Application Number:
  US15/114,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20170053100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,665 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention relates to a control device suitable for suggesting control instructions to the patient in order to facilitate the use thereof.

Claims

1. A control interface device for controlling a fluid administration device and for suggesting an insulin dose for a patient via a graphical user interface, the control interface device comprising:

a display device for displaying the graphical user interface;

an input device for receiving a plurality of inputs from a user of the control interface device; and

a processor configured to control the graphical user interface to

display a first list of elements, each element of the first list representing an activity performed or to be performed by the patient,

display a second list of elements, each element of the second list representing a meal type taken or to be taken by the patient,

graphically suggest a selection of an element for the first and the second list depending on at least one of a current time, a current day, and a previous selection for the first and the second list of elements, the input device receives a first user input selecting the suggested selection,

display a suggested control instruction for the patient, the suggested control instruction including at least one of an insulin delivery flow rate, insulin delivery quantity, and insulin delivery duration to be performed by the fluid administration device, after the processor has determined the suggested control instruction for the patient based on (i) the received first user input and (ii) control interface device control instructions preprogrammed by a prescriber,

display a validation command permitting a validation of the suggested control instruction by the user, and

accept the validation command by a second user input to validate the suggested control instruction,

wherein the fluid administration device is configured to deliver the insulin dose to the patient according to the validated control instruction.

2. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display a graphical element permitting a selection of an intensity level of the selected activity, and

display a graphical element permitting a selection of a duration of the selected activity.

3. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

receive data from a sensor for recording movements of the patient,

receive data on a blood glucose measurement, and

display the data on the graphical user interface.

4. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display a graphical element allowing a selection of a quantity of the selected type of meal ingested by the patient.

5. The control interface device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the quantity ingested by the patient is a relative quantity in relation to a quantity usually ingested by the patient.

6. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the activity of the patient is a temporary physical activity.

7. The control interface as claimed in claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display at least one of a level of effort and a duration of the temporary physical activity performed by the patient.

8. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display a command icon for increasing and decreasing a value of the suggested control instruction by predefined increments while simultaneously displaying the suggested control instruction, and

permit an adjustment of the suggested control instruction.

9. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display a basal rate profile of the suggested control instruction while simultaneously displaying the validation command.

10. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the type of meal includes at least one of a breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper and snack.

11. The control interface device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to permit a selection and graphically suggest a selection of an element of the second list depending on the type of meal previously taken or selected by the patient.

12. The control interface device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the graphically suggesting highlights one element of at least one of the first and second list of elements as the selection.

13. A system for suggesting an insulin dose for a patient via a graphical user interface and for delivering the insulin dose to the patient via a fluid administration device, the system comprising:

the fluid administration device configured to deliver the insulin dose to the patient; and

a control device configured to send a delivery command to the fluid administration device, the control device including a processor, an input device, and a display device, the processor configured to generate the graphical user interface on the display device, the graphical user interface configured to

display a first list of elements, each element of the first list representing an activity performed or to be performed by the patient,

display a second list of elements, each element of the second list representing a meal type taken or to be taken by the patient,

graphically suggest a selection of an element for the first and the second list depending on at least one of a current time, a current day, and a previous selection for the first and the second list of elements, the input device receives a first input from a user of the control device selecting the suggested selection,

display a suggested delivery command for the patient, the suggested delivery command including at least one of an insulin delivery flow rate, insulin delivery quantity, and insulin delivery duration to be performed by the fluid administration device, after the processor has determined the suggested delivery command for the patient based on (i) the received first input and (ii) control device delivery commands preprogrammed by a prescriber,

display a validation command permitting a validation of the suggested delivery command by the user, and

accept the validation command by a second user input to validate the suggested delivery command,

wherein the fluid administration device is configured to deliver the insulin dose to the patient according to the validated delivery command.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first and second list of elements are represented by virtual buttons including at least one of icons, pictograms, and specific symbols.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to

control the graphical user interface to display a command icon for increasing and decreasing a value of the suggested delivery command by predefined increments while simultaneously displaying the suggested delivery command, and

permit an adjustment to the suggested delivery command.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predefined increments are variable as a function of time.

17. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to control the graphical user interface to display a basal rate profile of the suggested delivery command while simultaneously displaying the validation command.

18. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to suggest the suggested delivery command as a function of time and data pre-parameterized via a prescriber interface.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the prescriber interface is accessible only via at least one of a password and a specific unlocking device.

20. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the type of meal includes at least one of a breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper and snack.

21. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein the processor is further configured to control the graphical user interface to permit a selection or graphically suggest a selection of an element of the second list depending on the type of meal previously taken or selected by the patient.

22. A method operated on a control interface device for controlling a fluid administration device to deliver an insulin dose to a patient, the control interface device including a display device, an input device, and a processor operating a graphical user interface, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a first list of elements, each element of the first list representing an activity performed or to be performed by the patient;

displaying a second list of elements, each element of the second list representing a meal type taken or to be taken by the patient;

graphically suggesting a selection of an element for the first and the second list depending on at least one of a current time, a current day, and a previous selection for the first and the second list of elements, the input device receiving a first input from a user of the control interface device selecting the suggested selection;

displaying a suggested control instruction for the patient, the suggested control instruction including at least one of an insulin delivery flow rate, insulin delivery quantity, and insulin delivery duration to be performed by the fluid administration device, after the processor has determined the suggested control instruction for the patient based on (i) the received first input and (ii) control interface device control instructions preprogrammed by a prescriber;

displaying a validation command permitting a validation of the suggested control instruction by the user; and

accepting the validation command by a second user input to validate the suggested control instruction,

wherein the fluid administration device is configured to deliver the insulin dose to the patient according to the validated control instruction.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a graphical element permitting a selection of an intensity level of the selected activity; and

displaying a graphical element permitting a selection of a duration of the selected activity.

24. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

receiving data from a sensor for recording movements of the patient;

receiving data on a blood glucose measurement; and

displaying the data on the graphical user interface.

25. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the step of:

displaying a graphical element permitting a selection a quantity of the selected type of meal taken by the patient.

26. The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein the quantity taken by the patient is a relative quantity in relation to a quantity usually taken by the patient.

27. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the activity of the patient is a temporary physical activity, the method further comprising the step of:

displaying at least one of a level of effort and a duration of the temporary physical activity performed by the patient.

28. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

displaying command icons for increasing and decreasing a value of the suggested control instruction by predefined increments while simultaneously displaying the suggested control instruction; and

permitting an adjustment to the suggested control instruction.

29. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising the step of:

displaying a basal rate profile of the suggested control instruction while simultaneously displaying the validation command.

30. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the type of meal includes at least one of a breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper and snack.

31. The method as claimed in claim 30, further comprising the step of:

permitting a selection and graphically suggesting a selection of an element of the second list depending on the type of meal previously taken or selected by the patient.