Patient management of diabetes treatment
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1. A device for assisting in the personalized treatment of diabetes by a patient, the device comprising:
- a memory for storing an individualized reprogrammable management plan for determining dosages of a medication and for storing individualized real-time patient data for use by the plan;
a connection for receiving real-time blood-glucose levels in the patient from a glucometer, to produce a portion of the patient data;
an input device for receiving another portion of the patient data directly from the patient, the other portion including carbohydrate intake;
a processor for determining a contemporaneous dosage of the medication by applying the individualized plan to at least some of the data in the memory;
an output device for returning the dosage;
a communications port for downloading the reprogrammable treatment plan into the memory;
one or more enclosures for the foregoing, in an overall portable package sufficiently small and light to be carried about by the patient.
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A portable diabetes management device calculates medication dosages from glucometer readings and data such as food intake entered by the patient, according to a management plan that can be personalized by a health-care professional using a template. The device may also store and communicate past data and plan revisions.
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1. A device for assisting in the personalized treatment of diabetes by a patient, the device comprising:
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a memory for storing an individualized reprogrammable management plan for determining dosages of a medication and for storing individualized real-time patient data for use by the plan;
a connection for receiving real-time blood-glucose levels in the patient from a glucometer, to produce a portion of the patient data;
an input device for receiving another portion of the patient data directly from the patient, the other portion including carbohydrate intake;
a processor for determining a contemporaneous dosage of the medication by applying the individualized plan to at least some of the data in the memory;
an output device for returning the dosage;
a communications port for downloading the reprogrammable treatment plan into the memory;
one or more enclosures for the foregoing, in an overall portable package sufficiently small and light to be carried about by the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-implemented method for assisting a patient in managing the treatment of diabetes, comprising:
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loading a treatment management plan personalized for a particular patient into a device small enough to be carried about by the patient;
measuring a contemporaneous blood-glucose level of the patient;
receiving contemporaneous data directly from the patient, at least some of the input data concerning carbohydrate intake;
executing the plan upon a measurement of the condition and upon the received patient data so as to determine an insulin dosage for contemporaneous administration to the patient;
outputting the dosage. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A machine-implemented method for assisting a patient in managing the treatment of diabetes, comprising:
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storing a template of a management plan for administration of a medication by the patient;
entering values of variables in the management plan so as to personalize the plan for the individual patient;
downloading the personalized management plan to a portable device capable of executing the plan in conjunction with other data entered by the patient on a real-time basis in order to determine dosages of the medication on a real-time basis after the download. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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