Graphical User Interface for Glucose Monitoring System

• US 20100105999A1
• Filed: 11/19/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Walker, Nicole J., Matievich, William JR., Khalili, Daniel, Goldstein, Juli, Holland, John, Curry, Samuel Mason, Dixon, Lynn, Fern, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US12/622,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20100105999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/347
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/045 with a separable interface unit, e.g. for communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150305 Packages specially adapted for piercing devices or blood sampling devices kits for diabetes A61M5/003; packaging in general B65D
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150412 Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin blade-like piercing elements A61B5/150442
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150503 Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150549 Protectors removed by rotational movement, e.g. torsion or screwing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150618 Integrally moulded protectors, e.g. protectors simultaneously moulded together with a further component, e.g. a hub, of the piercing element
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150717 manually removed
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15146 Devices loaded with multiple lancets simultaneously, e.g. for serial firing without reloading, for example by use of stocking means. multiple simultaneous cutting or piercing A61B5/150977
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15186 Devices loaded with a single lancet, i.e. a single lancet with or without a casing is loaded into a reusable drive device and then discarded after use; drive devices reloadable for multiple use
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for a medical device such as a blood glucose meter, systems and methods are provided. Embodiments include GUIs in which a user may navigate between icons and select certain display outputs which summarize all or certain glucose data over particular time periods. In certain embodiments, animated icons and/or graphs and/or text summaries may be provided.

Claims

1-69. -69. (canceled)

70. A portable analyte monitoring apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

an electronic display in communication with the processor;

one or more user input features, and

digital memory comprising processor-readable code for programming the processor to generate and display a temporary user-readable output based on stored analyte data,

wherein the temporary user-readable output comprises multiple icons configured for manipulation by a user using the one or more user input features, including navigation between the icons and selection among multiple configurations of the icons to produce a selected display output which summarizes all or certain analyte data over a particular time period, and

wherein the selected display output comprises a scrolling word summary on a portion of the electronic display that is smaller than the complete scrolling word summary.

71. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the analyte is glucose.

72. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the electronic display is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

73. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the one or more user input features comprise one or more input buttons.

74. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 73, wherein the one or more input buttons are one or more touch screen buttons.

75. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the one or more user input features comprise a microphone.

76. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, further comprising a test strip receptacle configured to provide to the processor one or more signals indicative of an analyte concentration in a sample received at the test strip receptacle.

77. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the processor is configured to generate and display one or more feedback messages, icons or both, in connection with one or more analyte measurements.

78. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of an analyte measurement above or below a selected target range.

79. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of a hypoglycemic event and a reminder to test again after a predetermined time period.

80. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 70, wherein the processor is configured to generate a reminder to conduct an activity following a user-selected period of time.

81. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 80, wherein the reminder is an alarm.

82. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 80, wherein the activity is analyte testing, a meal, exercise, or insulin dosing.

83. A portable analyte monitoring apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

an electronic display in communication with the processor;

one or more user input features, and

digital memory comprising processor-readable code for programming the processor to generate and display a temporary user-readable output based on stored glucose data, and

wherein the temporary user-readable output comprises multiple icons configured for manipulation by a user, including navigation between the icons and selection among multiple configurations of the icons to produce a selected display output which summarizes all or certain analyte data over a particular time period, and

wherein a target range of analyte levels for the user is configurable by the user, and

wherein the selected display output comprises a graph showing multiple analyte measurements plotted over the time period and delineating any analyte measurements inside and outside of the target range.

84. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the analyte is glucose.

85. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the electronic display is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

86. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the one or more user input features comprise one or more input buttons.

87. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 86, wherein the one or more input buttons are one or more touch screen buttons.

88. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the one or more user input features comprise a microphone.

89. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, further comprising a test strip receptacle configured to provide to the processor one or more signals indicative of an analyte concentration in a sample received at the test strip receptacle.

90. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the processor is configured to generate and display one or more feedback messages, icons or both, in connection with one or more analyte measurements.

91. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of an analyte measurement above or below a selected target range.

92. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of a hypoglycemic event and a reminder to test again after a predetermined time period.

93. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 83, wherein the processor is configured to generate a reminder to conduct an activity following a user-selected period of time.

94. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 93, wherein the reminder is an alarm.

95. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 93, wherein the activity is analyte testing, a meal, exercise, or insulin dosing.

96. A portable analyte monitoring apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

an electronic display in communication with the processor;

one or more user input features, and

digital memory comprising processor-readable code for programming the processor to generate and display a temporary user-readable output based on stored analyte data, and

wherein the temporary user-readable output comprises multiple icons configured for manipulation by a user, including navigation between the icons and selection among multiple configurations of the icons to produce a selected display output which summarizes all or certain analyte data over a particular time period, and

wherein the analyte data is configurable by the user to selectably add metadata relating to conditions of particular analyte measurements, such that the selected display output is configurable by the user to summarize only certain analyte data corresponding to selected conditions.

97. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the electronic display is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

98. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the analyte is glucose.

99. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 98, wherein the metadata comprises one or more temporal relationships to one or more meals, insulin boluses, or exercise events, or time period of a day, or combinations thereof.

100. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the one or more user input features comprise one or more input buttons.

101. The portable diabetes care apparatus of claim 96, wherein the one or more input buttons are one or more touch screen buttons.

102. The portable diabetes care apparatus of claim 96, wherein the one or more user input features comprise a microphone.

103. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, further comprising a test strip receptacle configured to provide to the processor one or more signals indicative of an analyte concentration in a sample received at the test strip receptacle.

104. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the processor is configured to generate and display one or more feedback messages, icons or both, in connection with one or more analyte measurements.

105. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of an analyte measurement above or below a selected target range.

106. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the analyte is glucose and the processor is configured to generate and display a notification of a hypoglycemic event and a reminder to test again after a predetermined time period.

107. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 96, wherein the processor is configured to generate a reminder to conduct an activity following a user-selected period of time.

108. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 107, wherein the reminder is an alarm.

109. The portable analyte monitoring apparatus of claim 107, wherein the activity is analyte testing, a meal, exercise, or insulin dosing.