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

• US 20080319284A1
• 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:
  US11/768,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20080319284A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/309
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/12 of liquids or gases

Abstract

A method for training a user in recognition of the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration and concentration trends includes monitoring a user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration (for example, a user'"'"'s whole blood glucose concentration) with an analyte monitoring module of a device for training a user in recognition of the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration. The method also includes generating, at a predetermined time interval, using a generation module of the device, a user-perceived sensation (e.g., a user-perceived vibratory sensation) that is proportional the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner.

Claims

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

monitoring a user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration with an analyte monitoring module of a device for training a user in recognition of the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration; and

generating a user-perceived sensation, at predetermined time interval, that is proportional the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in a predetermined manner using a sensation generation module of the device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the generating step generates a user-perceived vibratory sensation.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein a duration of the user-perceived vibratory sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in predetermined proportional manner.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein an amplitude of the user-perceived vibratory sensation is proportional to the user'"'"'s bodily fluid analyte concentration in predetermined proportional manner.

5. The method of claim 2 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.

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

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring step monitors a user'"'"'s bodily fluid glucose concentration.

8. The method of claim 1 the generating step also generates a pre-alert user-perceived sensation prior to generating the user-perceived sensation.