HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE WITH BOLUS CALCULATOR
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to run on a processing subsystem, the processing subsystem forming a portion of a handheld diabetes management device for monitoring blood glucose (bG) levels of a diabetic user and determining a correction bolus to be provided to the user, the method comprising:
- using a memory to store information in a plurality of different time blocks, the information including;
an upper target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks, defined by the user, during a twenty four hour period;
a lower target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks during the twenty four hour period;
a hypoglycemic warning value, defined by the user, representing a hypoglycemic bG value for the user;
a conversion factor for converting from glucose to insulin;
a plurality of differing user defined health events that each include a predetermined associated percentage value set by the user by which a correction bolus calculation will each be modified to account for one of an increase or a decrease in insulin associated with each one of the differing health events; and
a carbohydrate value input by the user in connection with a meal; and
using the processing subsystem to communicate with the memory and to obtain the information and to calculate therefrom the correction bolus.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring blood glucose (bG) levels of a diabetic user. The method may be implemented on a non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to run on a processing subsystem, the processing subsystem forming a portion of a handheld diabetes management device for monitoring the bG levels of a diabetic user and determining a correction bolus to be provided to the user. The method may comprise using a memory to store information in a plurality of different time blocks. The information may include a plurality of differing user defined health events that each include a predetermined associated percentage value set by the user by which a correction bolus calculation will be modified to account for one of an increase or a decrease in insulin associated with each one of the defined health events. The processing subsystem may be used to communicate with the memory and to obtain the information and to calculate therefrom the correction bolus.
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1. A method implemented on a non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to run on a processing subsystem, the processing subsystem forming a portion of a handheld diabetes management device for monitoring blood glucose (bG) levels of a diabetic user and determining a correction bolus to be provided to the user, the method comprising:
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using a memory to store information in a plurality of different time blocks, the information including; an upper target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks, defined by the user, during a twenty four hour period; a lower target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks during the twenty four hour period; a hypoglycemic warning value, defined by the user, representing a hypoglycemic bG value for the user; a conversion factor for converting from glucose to insulin; a plurality of differing user defined health events that each include a predetermined associated percentage value set by the user by which a correction bolus calculation will each be modified to account for one of an increase or a decrease in insulin associated with each one of the differing health events; and a carbohydrate value input by the user in connection with a meal; and using the processing subsystem to communicate with the memory and to obtain the information and to calculate therefrom the correction bolus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method implemented on a non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to run on a processing subsystem, the processing subsystem forming a portion of a handheld diabetes management device for monitoring blood glucose (bG) levels of a diabetic user and determining a total bolus to be provided to the user, the method comprising:
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using a memory to store; an upper target bG value for each one of a plurality of different time blocks during a twenty four hour period; a lower target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks during the twenty four hour period; a maximum allowed bG value representing a currently corrected for bG value of the user, which is computed from prior bG history records; a plurality of user defined health events including an exercise event, a stress event and an illness event, with each one of the health events including a predetermined associated percentage value selected by the user by which a preliminary bolus calculation will be modified to account for one of an increase or a decrease in insulin associated with the health event; a carbohydrate value input by the user in connection with a meal; using the processing subsystem to communicate with the memory and obtain the upper target bG value, the lower target bG value, the maximum allowed bG value, one of the user defined health events, and the carbohydrate value input by the user; and
to calculate therefrom;a meal bolus calculated based on the carbohydrate value input by the user, the meal bolus representing an amount of insulin needed to compensate for the carbohydrate value representing the meal; a correction bolus representing an additional amount of insulin needed beyond the insulin represented by the meal bolus; a total bolus value obtained by summing the meal bolus and the correction bolus to obtain a summed bolus value, and then, for each of the meal bolus and the correction bolus, modifying the summed bolus value in accordance with the percentage value of a user selected one of the user defined health events; and displaying the correction bolus, the meal bolus, the total bolus value and the maximum allowed bG value to the user on a display of the device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A customizable, handheld diabetes management device for monitoring blood glucose (bG) levels of a diabetic user and determining a total bolus to be provided to the user, the device comprising:
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a housing adapted to be held in a hand of the user; a memory contained in the housing and configured to store information including; an upper target bG value for each one of a plurality of different time blocks defined by the user during a twenty four hour period; a lower target bG value for each one of the plurality of different time blocks during the twenty four hour period; a plurality of differing user defined health events that each include a predetermined associated percentage value set by the user by which a meal bolus calculation and a correction bolus calculation will each be modified to account for one of an increase or a decrease in insulin associated with each one of the differing health events; and a carbohydrate value input by the user in connection with a meal; a processing subsystem contained in the housing and being in communication with the memory, the processing subsystem adapted to obtain the information from the memory and to calculate therefrom the meal bolus, the correction bolus, and a recommended total bolus that is a sum of the calculated meal bolus and the calculated correction bolus; and a display system contained in the housing for displaying a plurality of fields that the user is able to configure to include the information, and for displaying the recommended total bolus to the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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