MEDICAL TRAINING AID DEVICE FOR TRAINING A USER IN RECOGNITION OF THE USER'S BODILY FLUID ANALYTE CONCENTRATION AND CONCENTRATION TRENDS VIA USER-PERCEIVED SENSATIONS

• US 20080318193A1
• Filed: 06/25/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: ALVAREZ-ICAZA, Manuel
• Application Number:
  US11/768,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20080318193A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine

Abstract

A device for training a user in recognition of the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration and concentration trends (such as the user'"'"'s whole blood glucose concentration and concentration trends) includes an analyte monitoring module, a control module and a sensation generation module. The analyte monitoring module is configured to monitor the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration and to output a monitor signal corresponding to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration. The control module is configured to receive the monitor signal, convert the monitor signal into a sensation instruction signal corresponding to the user'"'"' bodily fluid analyte concentration, and output the sensation instruction signal. The sensation generation module configured to receive the sensation instruction signal and to generate a user-perceived sensation (e.g., a user-perceived vibratory sensation) corresponding to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration. Moreover, the user-perceived sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner and is generated at predetermined time intervals.

Claims

1. A device for training a user in recognition of the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration and bodily fluid analyte concentration trends:

an analyte monitoring module configured to monitor the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration and to output a monitor signal corresponding to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration;

a control module configured to receive the monitor signal output by the analyte monitoring module, convert the monitor signal into a sensation instruction signal corresponding to the user'"'"' bodily fluid analyte concentration, and output the sensation instruction signal; and

a sensation generation module configured to receive the sensation instruction signal output by the control module and generate a user-perceived sensation corresponding to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration,

wherein the user-perceived sensation generated by the sensation generation module is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner and is generated at predetermined time intervals.

2. The device of claim 1 the sensation generation module is further configured to generate a pre-alert user-perceived sensation prior to generating the user-perceived sensation.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived sensation is a non-visual user-perceived sensation

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived sensation is a user-perceived vibratory sensation.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein a duration of the user-perceived vibratory sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined proportional manner.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein an amplitude of the user-perceived vibratory sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined proportional manner.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived vibratory sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in predetermined proportional manner based on a count of user-perceived vibratory sensations.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined step-wise manner.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration is a glucose concentration.

10. The device of claim 1 configured as an armband.

11. The device of claim 1 configured a finger ring.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration when the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration is above a predetermined threshold concentration.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein the user-perceived sensation is generated at predetermined time intervals when the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration is above a predetermined threshold concentration.