PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20090164190A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Hayter, Gary
• Application Number:
  US12/024,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/11
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

Method and system for providing physiological therapy analysis and modeling is provided.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

retrieving a simulation model associated with a physiological condition;

receiving one or more parameters associated with the physiological condition; and

modifying the simulation model in response to the received one or more parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the physiological condition is diabetes.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation model includes one or more of a graphical display, a text display, or audible output.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more parameters includes one or more of physical activity information, a mean intake information, medication delivery information, glucose level information, glucose trend information, glucose rate of change information, insulin sensitivity information, meal dynamics information, insulin absorption dynamics, or glucose response dynamics.

5. The method of claim 1 including outputting the modified simulation model.

6. The method of claim 1 including storing the modified simulation model.

7. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving an input command selecting a diabetic profile of a patient;

receiving one or more commands associated with modification of one or more conditions of the patient;

generating a physiological simulation model of the patient based on the received one or more commands; and

displaying the generated physiological simulation model.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more commands associated with the modification of the one or more conditions of the patient includes one or more of physical activity information, a mean intake information, medication delivery information, glucose level information, glucose trend information, glucose rate of change information, insulin sensitivity information, meal dynamics information, insulin absorption dynamics, or glucose response dynamics.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the physiological simulation model is generated in real time in response to the received one or more commands associated with the modification of the one or more conditions of the patient.

10. The method of claim 7 including storing the generated physiological simulation model.

11. The method of claim 7 including dynamically modifying the physiological simulation model in response to the received one or more commands associated with the modification of the one or more conditions of the patient.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processing units; and

a memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing units, causes the one or more processing units to retrieve a simulation model associated with a physiological condition, receive one or more parameters associated with the physiological condition, and modify the simulation model in response to the received one or more parameters.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the physiological condition is diabetes.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 including a display unit operatively coupled to the one or more processing units, wherein the simulation model includes one or more of a graphical display output, a text display output, or audible output for display on the display unit.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the one or more parameters includes one or more of physical activity information, a mean intake information, medication delivery information, glucose level information, glucose trend information, glucose rate of change information, insulin sensitivity information, meal dynamics information, insulin absorption dynamics, or glucose response dynamics.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing units, causes the one or more processing units to output the modified simulation model.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the memory for storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing units, causes the one or more processing units to store the modified simulation model in the memory.

18. An apparatus, comprising:

means for retrieving a simulation model associated with a physiological condition;

means for receiving one or more parameters associated with the physiological condition; and

means for modifying the simulation model in response to the received one or more parameters.