Methods and Devices for Tailoring a Bolus Delivery Pattern
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Abstract
Methods and devices for delivering therapeutic fluid to the body are described. The method may include determining a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of a patient and delivering the therapeutic fluid into the patient'"'"'s body based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern. The devices used in conjunction with the disclosed methods may include a controller to determine a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of the patient and an infusion pump to deliver the therapeutic fluid into the patient'"'"'s body based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern.
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76 Claims
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56. A therapeutic fluid dispensing device to deliver therapeutic fluid into the body of a patient, the device comprising:
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a controller having instructions operable thereon configured to determine a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of the patient; and an infusion pump to deliver the therapeutic fluid into the body of the patient based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern, wherein the instructions are further configured to select the bolus delivery pattern from a plurality of bolus delivery patterns, at least one of the bolus delivery patterns being determined based on at least one of a dietary intake similar to the specific dietary intake of the patient, and other delivery patterns corresponding to blood glucose responses of one or more non-diabetic individuals that have consumed dietary intakes similar to the specific dietary intake of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for delivering therapeutic fluid, the method comprising:
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determining a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of a patient; and delivering a therapeutic fluid into the body of the patient based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern, wherein determining the bolus delivery pattern includes selecting a bolus delivery pattern from a plurality of bolus delivery patterns, wherein at least one of the bolus delivery patterns being determined based on at least one of dietary intakes similar to the specific dietary intake of the patient, and other delivery patterns corresponding to blood glucose responses of one or more non-diabetic individuals that have consumed dietary intakes similar to the specific dietary intake of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A method for tailoring a bolus pattern to a patient, the method comprising:
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retrieving data related to a healthy response, the data comprising one or more records, each record including a meal type and a corresponding first set of analyte concentration levels for a first period of time occurring after a meal has been consumed by a healthy individual; initiating a bolus dose administration to the body of the patient; receiving a second set of analyte concentration levels corresponding to a second period of time, the second period of time occurring after the meal has been consumed by the patient; correlating the first set of analyte concentration levels and second set of analyte concentration levels; and determining a bolus delivery pattern associated with the meal consumed by the patient, based on the correlation between the first set of analyte concentration levels and the second set of analyte concentration levels. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76)
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