MASK ALGORITHMS FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• US 20090069636A1
• Filed: 09/11/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Galley, Paul, Jovanovic, Lois, Zivitz, Maury
• Granted Patent: US 7,998,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 706/924 Medical

Abstract

A device and method of providing information to a healthcare provider regarding the dosing of insulin is provided.

Claims

1. A method of processing medical information including the steps of:

receiving medical information relating to a dosing regimen;

filtering the data using pre-determined parameters that are patient-input independent to provide a pair of pre-event and post-event data points; and

displaying the pair of points.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is carbohydrate intake.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-event data point includes a timestamp.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-event data point includes a blood glucose reading associated therewith.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pair of points is determined independently of any external event label associated with either of the pair of points.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-event data point is required to be within 30 minutes of a carbohydrate ingestion.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the post-event data point is required to be within an hour and twenty minutes of a carbohydrate ingestion.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the dosing regimen is an insulin dosing regimen.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each event is required to have one and only one pre-event and post-event data point associated therewith.

10. A method of assessing efficacy of a regimen including the steps of:

receiving medical information relating to an insulin dosing regimen;

filtering the data using pre-determined parameters that are patient-input independent to provide qualified pairs of pre-carbohydrate ingestion and post-carbohydrate ingestion data points; and

displaying the pairs of points.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data points include information relating to a physiological condition selected from the group including menstrual status, exercise level, stress level, and illness status.

12. The method of claim 11, further including the step of filtering the data based upon the information relating to the physiological condition.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein each event is required to have one and only one pre-event and post-event data point associated therewith.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the pairs of points are determined independently of any external event label associated with either of the pair of points.

15. A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer performs steps to process medical information, the steps comprising:

receiving medical information relating to a dosing regimen;

filtering the data using pre-determined parameters that are patient-input independent to provide pairs of pre-event and post-event data points; and

displaying the pairs of points.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the event is carbohydrate intake and the data includes information regarding blood glucose levels.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein each event is required to have one and only one pre-event and post-event data point associated therewith.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the pairs of points are determined independently of any external event label associated with either of the pair of points.

19. A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer performs steps to process medical information, the steps comprising:

receiving medical information relating to a dosing regimen;

utilizing means for filtering the medical information into pairs of pre-event and post-event data points; and

displaying the pairs of points.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the means for filtering utilizes using pre-determined parameters that are patient-input independent.