Blood Glucose Tracking Apparatus and Methods

• US 20100098583A1
• Filed: 12/28/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Bacho, Henrik, Lipman, Kelley, Lortz, Mark, Colman, Fredric C., Drucker, Steven, Liamos, Charles T., Jiang, Feng
• Application Number:
  US12/648,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20100098583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/400
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157
• 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

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A hand-held processing device, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

a memory comprising one or more software programs;

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is configured to process data associated with monitoring of a health condition using the one or more software programs;

a display unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor for displaying the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition; and

a communication unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor, wherein the communication unit is configured send data to and/or receive data from a remote server and/or network.

30. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive data transmitted from the remote server and/or network to the hand-held processing device.

31. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the communication unit is a wireless communication unit, and wherein the data transmitted from the remote server and/or network to the hand-held processing device is transmitted wirelessly.

32. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises data indicative of the state of health of a subject having the health condition.

33. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the health condition is diabetes.

34. The hand-held processing device of claim 33, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises data indicative of an analyte concentration in a sample from a subject having the health condition.

35. The hand-held processing device of claim 34, wherein the analyte is glucose, and wherein the display unit is configured to display a communication to the user when the glucose concentration of the sample indicates impending hyperglycemia, hyperglycemia, impending hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia.

36. The hand-held processing device of claim 34, wherein the analyte is glucose.

37. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises a measurement module.

38. The hand-held processing device of claim 37, wherein the measurement module is configured for testing at least one physical parameter of a subject having the health condition.

39. The hand-held processing device of claim 38, wherein the measurement module comprises a test strip receptacle coupled to the housing and in communication with the housing.

40. The hand-held processing device of claim 39, wherein the test strip receptacle is configured to receive a glucose test strip.

41. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the display unit comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD).

42. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the display unit comprises a touchscreen.

43. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the hand-held processing device is configured to issue one or more communications to a user of the hand-held processing device.

44. The hand-held processing device of claim 43, wherein the one or more communications are selected from an audible communication, a vibratory communication, a graphical communication and a text-based communication.

45. The hand-held processing device of claim 43, wherein the one or more communications indicate that a planned activity is due to begin.

46. The hand-held processing device of claim 45, wherein the planned activity is user entry of data associated with the monitoring of the health condition.

47. The hand-held processing device of claim 46, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises exercise data.

48. The hand-held processing device of claim 46, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises dietary data.

49. The hand-held processing device of claim 48, wherein the dietary data comprises meal-related data.

50. The hand-held processing device of claim 49, wherein the meal-related data comprises meal time data.

51. The hand-held processing device of claim 49, wherein the meal-related data comprises carbohydrate value.

52. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises a PDA, a mobile phone, or a combination PDA/mobile phone.

53. A hand-held processing device, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

a memory comprising one or more software programs;

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is configured to process data indicative of a glucose concentration in a sample from a subject having diabetes using the one or more software programs;

a touchscreen display unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor for displaying the data indicative of the glucose concentration in the sample and for entering data; and

a wireless communication unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive data transmitted wirelessly from a remote server and/or network to the hand-held processing device.

54. A system comprising:

a hand-held processing device comprising

a housing configured to be hand-held,

a memory comprising one or more software programs,

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is configured to process data associated with monitoring of a health condition using the one or more software programs,

a display unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor for displaying the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition, and

a communication unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor; and

a remote server and/or network, wherein the communication unit is configured send data to and/or receive data from the remote server and/or network.

55. The system of claim 54, wherein the communication unit is configured to receive data transmitted from the remote server and/or network to the hand-held processing device.