METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER
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1. Method for monitoring a physiological parameter (1), in particular for monitoring a blood glucose level, comprisinglogging the physiological parameter (1) by repeated measurements (4) andpredicting the evolution of the physiological parameter (1),wherein the evolution of the physiological parameter over an interval of autonomous evolution (2) is predictable by a parametric model (3), the prediction comprising the steps ofadding a new measurement (4) of the physiological parameter to the previous measurements (20) of the interval of autonomous evolution (2),conducting a test (21), whether the new measurement together with the previous measurements still form an interval of autonomous evolution and, depending upon this test,adapting the interval of autonomous evolution and/or adapting the parametric model (3) andpredicting (7) the evolution of the physiological parameter, using the parametric model (3) for the adapted interval of autonomous evolution.
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Abstract
The present invention is related to a method and device for monitoring a physiological parameter, like the blood glucose level, using prediction of future evolution of the physiological parameter based on continuous traces. The present method and device can be employed as a decision support system for diabetic patients.
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1. Method for monitoring a physiological parameter (1), in particular for monitoring a blood glucose level, comprising
logging the physiological parameter (1) by repeated measurements (4) and predicting the evolution of the physiological parameter (1), wherein the evolution of the physiological parameter over an interval of autonomous evolution (2) is predictable by a parametric model (3), the prediction comprising the steps of adding a new measurement (4) of the physiological parameter to the previous measurements (20) of the interval of autonomous evolution (2), conducting a test (21), whether the new measurement together with the previous measurements still form an interval of autonomous evolution and, depending upon this test, adapting the interval of autonomous evolution and/or adapting the parametric model (3) and predicting (7) the evolution of the physiological parameter, using the parametric model (3) for the adapted interval of autonomous evolution.
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17. Monitoring device for a physiological parameter (1) of a patient, in particular for monitoring a blood glucose level, comprising a physiological parameter measuring means (40) and a computing means (30), the computing means having a data storage (31) for storing the measurements (4) and a processor unit (32) for calculating a prediction of the evolution of the physiological parameter, the monitoring device being connected to a detector (6) for detecting a physical activity of the patient, preferably a three-axial accelerometer.
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