ANALYTE TESTING DEVICE

• US 20090247838A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Davis, John C., Berger, Lars H., Teucher, Rainer R., CUMMINGS, Elizabeth A., McEVOY, Mary E., Kraft, Ulrich
• Application Number:
  US12/480,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20090247838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/309
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• 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 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

The present invention is a testing device for testing analyte levels in bodily fluids. The testing device comprises memory (202) for storing data, said data being analyte data related to analyte measurements carried out by the meter and lifestyle data; initiation means (102) for initiating immediate entry of data related to a specific category of lifestyle data; navigation means (104) for entry and navigation of said data; and transfer means (258) for transferring said data to said memory. Preferably, the testing device is a glucose meter and one of the analytes being tested is glucose.

Claims

1-37. -37. (canceled)

38. A method of using an analyte testing device having a housing with a processor disposed in the housing and configured to determine analyte amount in a body fluid, a display coupled to the processor and a plurality of user interface buttons in communication with the processor, the method comprising:

measuring an analyte amount in a body fluid of a user;

displaying a value of the analyte amount;

prompting a user to select a specific user interface button concurrent with a display of the analyte amount; and

associating the analyte measurement with descriptive comments for food intake, health status, and exercise.

39. The method of claim 38, further comprising displaying a suggestion upon the value of the analyte measurement being below a pre-defined value.

40. The method of claim 38, in which the comments for food intake include:

Breakfast, Before Breakfast, After Breakfast, Before Lunch, Lunch, After Lunch, Before Dinner, Dinner, After Dinner, Night, or Alcohol.

41. The method of claim 40, in which the comments for food intake further include:

Carbs, Fats, Calories, Proteins or Units of Alcohol.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising:

displaying measured analyte amounts for one of more of time periods associated with one of more of the comments for food intake.

43. The method of claim 38, in which the comments for health status include:

Stress, Hypo, Illness, Menses, Vacation, or Other.

44. The method of claim 42, in which the comments for health status further include:

Ketones, HbA1c, Microalbumin, Cholesterol, Blood pressure, Eye Exam, Foot Exam, Weight/Height and Dr. Visit.

45. The method of claim 44, further comprising:

displaying measured analyte amounts for one of more of time periods associated with one of more of the comments for health status.

46. The method of claim 38, in which the comments for exercise include:

Before, After, Or During.

47. The method of claim 46, in which the comments for exercise further include:

comments corresponding to an intensity of exercise from one of Mild, Moderate and Hard.

48. The method of claim 43, further comprising:

displaying measured analyte amounts for one of more of time periods associated with one of more of the comments for exercise.