Blood Glucose Tracking Apparatus and Methods

• US 20100100580A1
• Filed: 12/28/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,268,243 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• 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. (canceled)

2. A hand-held processing device, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

a memory comprising data and/or programs associated with monitoring of a health condition;

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the memory; and

a connector unit in communication with the processor, wherein the

connector unit is configured to provide a connection between the hand-held processing device and an external computer, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.

3. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to download the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition from the memory to the external computer when the connection is provided.

4. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to synchronize the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.

5. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises a display unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor.

6. The hand-held processing device of claim 5, wherein the display unit comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD).

7. The hand-held processing device of claim 5, wherein the display unit comprises a touchscreen.

8. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises an integrated analyte measurement module.

9. The hand-held processing device of claim 8, wherein the integrated analyte measurement module comprises a test strip receptacle.

10. The hand-held processing device of claim 9, wherein the test strip receptacle is configured to receive a glucose test strip.

11. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises a mobile phone.

12. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to automatically download the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition from the memory to the external computer when the connection is provided.

13. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the connection is a physical, electrical connection.

14. The hand-held processing device of claim 13, wherein the connection is a universal serial bus (USB) connection.

15. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the connection is a wireless connection.

16. The hand-held processing device of claim 15, wherein the wireless connection is a radio frequency (RF) connection.

17. The hand-held processing device of claim 15, wherein the wireless connection is an infrared (IR) connection.

18. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the memory comprises a first database, and wherein the downloading includes creation of a second database on the external computer and synchronization of data stored on the first database with data stored on the second database.

19. The hand-held processing device of claim 2, wherein the health condition is diabetes.

20. The hand-held processing device of claim 19, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises data associated with monitoring diabetes, and wherein the data associated with monitoring diabetes comprises data indicative of an analyte concentration in a sample from a subject having diabetes.

21. The hand-held processing device of claim 20, wherein the hand-held processing device comprises a display unit coupled to the housing and in communication with the processor, wherein the analyte is glucose, and wherein the display unit is configured to display a communication activatable when the glucose concentration of the sample indicates hyperglycemia, impending hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia or impending hypoglycemia.

22. The hand-held processing device of claim 20, wherein the analyte is glucose.

23. The hand-held processing device of claim 5, wherein the hand-held processing device is configured to issue one or more communications to a user of the hand-held processing device using the display unit.

24. The hand-held processing device of claim 23, wherein the one or more communications are selected from an audible communication, a vibratory communication, a graphical communication and a text-based communication.

25. The hand-held processing device of claim 23, wherein the one or more communications indicate that a planned activity is due to begin.

26. The hand-held processing device of claim 25, wherein the planned activity is user entry of data associated with the monitoring of the health condition.

27. The hand-held processing device of claim 26, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises exercise data.

28. The hand-held processing device of claim 26, wherein the data associated with the monitoring of the health condition comprises dietary data.

29. The hand-held processing device of claim 28, wherein the dietary data comprises meal-related data.

30. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the meal-related data comprises meal time data.

31. The hand-held processing device of claim 29, wherein the meal-related data comprises carbohydrate value.

32. A mobile phone, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

a memory comprising data and/or programs associated with monitoring diabetes;

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the memory;

an integrated glucose measurement module in communication with the processor; and

a connector unit in communication with the processor, wherein the connector unit is configured to provide a connection between the hand-held processing device and an external computer, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.

33. The mobile phone of claim 32, wherein the processor is configured to download the data and/or programs associated with monitoring diabetes from the memory to the external computer when the connection is provided.

34. The mobile phone of claim 32, wherein the processor is configured to synchronize the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.

35. A system comprising:

a hand-held processing device, comprising

a housing configured to be hand-held,

a memory comprising data and/or programs associated with monitoring of a health condition,

a processor coupled to the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the memory, and

a connector unit in communication with the processor; and

a computer positioned external to the hand-held processing device, wherein the connector unit is configured to provide a connection between the hand-held processing device and the external computer, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the processor is configured to download the data and/or programs associated with monitoring diabetes from the memory to the external computer when the connection is provided.

37. The system of claim 35, wherein the processor is configured to synchronize the data and/or programs associated with the monitoring of the health condition between the memory and the external computer when the connection is provided.