Blood Glucose Tracking Apparatus and Methods

• US 20090164134A1
• Filed: 02/26/2009
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bacho, Henrik, Lipman, Kelley, Lortz, Mark, Colman, Fredric C., Drucker, Steven, Liamos, Charles T., Jiang, Feng
• Application Number:
  US12/393,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48778 Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48792 Data management, e.g. communication with processing unit for in vivo diagnostics A61B5/0002; transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 435/97 Test strip or test slide

Abstract

A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A hand held apparatus, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

a test strip receptacle coupled to the housing and in communication with the housing;

a processor coupled to the housing and configured to receive one or more signals associated with an analyte sample received at the test strip receptacle;

a storage unit coupled to the housing and configured to store one or more instructions executable by the processor for executing a diabetes management function to determine medication dose information based at least in part on the one or more signals associated with the analyte sample; and

an output unit coupled to the housing to output data associated with the determined medication dose information.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the storage unit further comprises an executable software application.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the executable software application comprises a meter application, a logbook application, a diabetes management application, or a data management application.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the executable software application provides for automatic or manual entry of user defined data.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the user defined data comprises analyte levels, exercise, meals, or mediation dosages and times.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the logbook application provides for time and date tagged event entries relating to analyte level, medication records, exercise records, or meal time records.

27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the executable software application provides graphic representations and/or text summaries of user defined data.

28. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the executable software application is downloaded to the processor by wired communication or wireless communication.

29. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the diabetes management application is configured to process a daily regimen of user defined data and to store and retrieve the daily regimen into and from the logbook application.

30. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the data management application is configured to process structured data with user filters applied and to store and retrieve user defined data into and from the logbook database.

31. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the test strip receptacle is configured to be removably attached to the housing.

32. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the medication dose information includes an insulin dose information.

33. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the storage unit includes a lookup table including insulin dose information.

34. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the storage unit includes one or more of a carbohydrate table, an insulin table, daily regimen information, target glucose levels, or food database.

35. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the output unit includes one or more of a visual display, an audible output unit, a touchscreen unit, a vibratory output unit, or one or more combinations thereof.

36. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the one or more signals associated with the analyte sample includes glucose level information.

37. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein when the processor executes the meter application function, the processor is configured to analyze the received one or more signals associated with the received analyte sample to determine a corresponding analyte level.

38. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the analyte sample includes blood glucose sample.

39. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the storage unit is configured to store one or more instructions executable by the processor to execute one or more of a data management application function, a logbook application function, or a meter application function.

40. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the test strip receptacle is provided in a measurement module of the housing.

41. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is operatively coupled to the test strip receptacle.

42. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the diabetes management function executable by the processor includes processing one or more of an exercise event, a meal event, or a medication dosage event.

43. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein the medication dosage event includes insulin dosage intake event.

44. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a communication unit operatively coupled to the processor configured to transmit one or more of the medication dose information or the one or more signals associated with the analyte sample.

45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the communication unit includes one or more of wired communication or wireless communication.

46. The apparatus of claim 45, wherein the wireless communication includes one or more of RF communication or infrared communication.

47. The apparatus of claim 46, wherein the wireless communication includes cellular communication.

48. An analyte test device, comprising:

a test strip receptacle configured to receive a test strip including an analyte sample;

a processor operatively coupled to the test strip receptacle to process one or more signals associated with the analyte sample, the processor configured to determine a therapy information based at least in part on the analyte sample; and

an output unit operatively coupled to the processor and configured to output one or more of the determined therapy information or the analyte sample.

49. The device of claim 48, wherein the processor further comprises an executable software application.

50. The device of claim 48, wherein the executable software application comprises a meter application, a logbook application, a diabetes management application, or a data management application.

51. The device of claim 48, wherein the executable software application provides for automatic or manual entry of user defined data.

52. The device of claim 51, wherein the user defined data comprises analyte levels, exercise, meals, or mediation dosages and times.

53. The device of claim 50, wherein the logbook application provides for time and date tagged event entries relating to analyte level, medication records, exercise records, or meal time records.

54. The device of claim 51, wherein the executable software application provides graphic representations and/or text summaries of user defined data.

55. The device of claim 51, wherein the executable software application is downloaded to the processor by wired communication or wireless communication.

56. The device of claim 52, wherein the diabetes management application is configured to process a daily regimen of user defined data and to store and retrieve the daily regimen into and from the logbook application.

57. The device of claim 52, wherein the data management application is configured to process structured data with user filters applied and to store and retrieve user defined data into and from the logbook database.

58. The device of claim 48, wherein the test strip receptacle is configured to be removably attached to the processor.

59. The device of claim 48, wherein the therapy information includes medication dose information.

60. The device of claim 48, wherein the therapy information includes insulin dose information.

61. The device of claim 48, wherein the therapy information is retrieved from a lookup table.

62. The device of claim 48, wherein the analyte sample includes a blood sample.

63. The device of claim 48, wherein the output unit includes one or more of a visual display, an audible output unit, a touchscreen unit, a vibratory output unit, or one or more combinations thereof.

64. The device of claim 63, wherein the output one or more of the determined therapy information or the analyte sample includes one or more of a graphical representation, a numerical representation, an audible representation, a vibratory representation, or one or more combinations thereof.

65. The device of claim 48, including a communication unit operatively coupled to the processor configured to transmit one or more of the therapy information or the one or more signals associated with the analyte sample.

66. The device of claim 65 wherein the communication unit includes one or more of wired communication or wireless communication.

67. The device of claim 66 wherein the wireless communication includes one or more of RF communication or infrared communication.

68. The device of claim 66 wherein the wireless communication includes cellular communication.

69. The device of claim 48 wherein the test strip receptacle, the processor, and the output unit are provided in a housing.

70. The device of claim 69 wherein the housing includes a glucose meter.

71. The device of claim 48 wherein the test strip receptacle, the processor and the output unit are provided in a mobile telephone.

72. A method, comprising:

processing an analyte sample to generate an analyte signal level associated with the analyte sample;

retrieving an insulin dose information associated at least in part with the generated analyte signal level; and

outputting the retrieved insulin dose information.

73. The method of claim 72, wherein the analyte sample includes a blood sample.

74. The method of claim 72, wherein the generated analyte signal level includes a glucose level.

75. The method of claim 72, further comprising storing the generated analyte signal level.

76. The method of claim 72, wherein the insulin dosage information is retrieved from a lookup table.

77. The method of claim 72, including transmitting the insulin dose information.

78. The method of claim 72, including outputting the generated analyte signal level.

79. The method of claim 72, wherein outputting includes one or more of visually displaying the insulin dose information, audibly outputting the insulin dose information or vibratorily outputting the insulin dose information.

80. The method of claim 72, including storing the generated analyte signal level.