DIABETES CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A diabetes care management system for managing blood glucose levels associated with diabetes, comprising:
- (a) a computing device, comprising;
(i) a memory comprising one or more optimal blood glucose values, one or more measured blood glucose values of a patient, and one or more insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise values of a patient, along respectively with one or more insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise sensitivity factors, or combinations thereof, for weighting the impact on a future blood glucose value and that are customizable to an individual patient to predict the effect on the blood glucose of insulin dose, carbohydrate intake or exercise actions, or combinations thereof, performed by the individual patient;
(ii) a microprocessor, in communication with said memory, programmed to calculate a further value, said further value being based on said one or more of insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise values of the patient, and on said one or more optimal blood glucose values, and on said one or more of insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise sensitivity factors, or combinations thereof;
(iii) a display configured to display information according to said further value; and
(iv) a housing, wherein said memory and said microprocessor are housed within said housing, thereby providing a hand-held, readily transportable computing device;
(b) an insulin delivery device for delivering insulin in response to information associated with said further value; and
(c) wherein because of the continuous nature of the physiological condition, the system is configured for monitoring and controlling the blood glucose on a regular basis by the patient outside of a medical clinic.
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Abstract
A diabetes care management system for managing blood glucose levels associated with diabetes comprising a computing device and an insulin delivery device. The computing device generally includes (i) a memory comprising one or more optimal blood glucose values, one or more self care values of a patient, one or more measured blood glucose values, and one or more scaling factors for weighting the impact on a future blood glucose value and that are customizable to an individual patient to predict the effect on the blood glucose of self care actions performed by the individual patient; (ii) a microprocessor, in communication with the memory, programmed to (A) determine the one or more scaling factors from one or more physiological parameters including body mass, metabolism rate, fitness level or hepatic or peripheral insulin sensitivity, or combinations thereof, and (B) calculate a further value, the further value being based on the self care values, and on the one or more optimal blood glucose values, and on the one or more scaling factors; and (iii) a display configured to display information according to the further value; and (iv) a housing, wherein the memory and the microprocessor are housed within the housing, thereby providing a hand-held, readily transportable computing device. The insulin delivery device may deliver insulin in response to information associated with the further value.
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25 Claims
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1. A diabetes care management system for managing blood glucose levels associated with diabetes, comprising:
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(a) a computing device, comprising;
(i) a memory comprising one or more optimal blood glucose values, one or more measured blood glucose values of a patient, and one or more insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise values of a patient, along respectively with one or more insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise sensitivity factors, or combinations thereof, for weighting the impact on a future blood glucose value and that are customizable to an individual patient to predict the effect on the blood glucose of insulin dose, carbohydrate intake or exercise actions, or combinations thereof, performed by the individual patient;
(ii) a microprocessor, in communication with said memory, programmed to calculate a further value, said further value being based on said one or more of insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise values of the patient, and on said one or more optimal blood glucose values, and on said one or more of insulin, carbohydrate intake or exercise sensitivity factors, or combinations thereof;
(iii) a display configured to display information according to said further value; and
(iv) a housing, wherein said memory and said microprocessor are housed within said housing, thereby providing a hand-held, readily transportable computing device;
(b) an insulin delivery device for delivering insulin in response to information associated with said further value; and
(c) wherein because of the continuous nature of the physiological condition, the system is configured for monitoring and controlling the blood glucose on a regular basis by the patient outside of a medical clinic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A diabetes care management system for use in managing a physiological condition of a continuous nature associated with glucose levels and diabetes care, comprising:
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(a) a computing device, comprising;
(i) a memory comprising one or more optimal control parameter values, one or more self care values of a patient, one or more measured control parameter values, and one or more scaling factors for weighting the impact on a future control parameter value and that are customizable to an individual patient to predict the effect on the control parameter of one or more self care actions performed by the individual patient;
(ii) a microprocessor, in communication with said memory, programmed to calculate a further value, said further value being based on said one or more self care values and on said one or more optimal control parameter values, and on said one or more scaling factors;
(iii) a display configured to display information according to said further value; and
(iv) a housing, wherein said memory and said microprocessor are housed within said housing, thereby providing a hand-held, readily transportable computing device;
(b) an insulin delivery device for delivering insulin in response to information associated with said further value; and
(c) wherein because of the continuous nature of the physiological condition associated with glucose levels and diabetes care, the device is configured for monitoring and controlling the control parameter on a regular basis by the patient outside of a medical clinic. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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