HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR OBTAINING THREE DAY BLOOD GLUCOSE PROFILE
First Claim
1. A method for managing three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements provided by a user on a handheld diabetes management device, the method comprising:
- configuring a database of the device to store a plurality of bG test values input by a user for each day of a three day test period, wherein bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period;
using a processing subsystem of the device to receive bG test values provided by a bG analyzer and to store the bG test values in the database;
using the device to enable the user to select which one of the acceptance time windows are to be associated with one of the bG test values when the one bG test value is obtained by the user when more than one acceptance time window is open concurrently; and
using the processing subsystem to determine if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been provided by the user during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, using the processing subsystem to accept the bG test values provided by the user when compiling results for a three day bG profile.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for managing a three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements that are provided by a user using a handheld diabetes management device. The method may involve configuring a database carried by the device to store a plurality of bG test values input by a user for each day of a three day test period. The bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period. If two or more windows are open concurrently when a given bG test value is obtained, the system allows the user to select the appropriate time window that the given bG test value should be associated with. A processing subsystem of the device determines if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been provided by the user during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, the processing subsystem accepts the bG test values provided by the user when compiling results for a three day bG profile.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements provided by a user on a handheld diabetes management device, the method comprising:
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configuring a database of the device to store a plurality of bG test values input by a user for each day of a three day test period, wherein bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period; using a processing subsystem of the device to receive bG test values provided by a bG analyzer and to store the bG test values in the database; using the device to enable the user to select which one of the acceptance time windows are to be associated with one of the bG test values when the one bG test value is obtained by the user when more than one acceptance time window is open concurrently; and using the processing subsystem to determine if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been provided by the user during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, using the processing subsystem to accept the bG test values provided by the user when compiling results for a three day bG profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20)
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12. A non-transitory, computer readable medium adapted to run on a processing subsystem of a handheld diabetes management device for managing three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements input by a user to the device, the computer readable medium comprising:
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a database that stores a plurality of bG test values input to the device by a user for each day of a three day test period, wherein bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period; and the computer readable medium adapted to determine if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been accepted during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, using the accepted bG test values as test results for a three day bG profile; and the computer readable medium adapted to determine if the first two days of the three day test period each have the minimum plurality of the stored bG test values obtained therefore and that the third day does not, and then enabling the test to continue on a successive fourth day following the third day in an attempt to successfully complete the three day test period. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for managing three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements provided by a user, the system comprising:
a handheld diabetes management device, the device including; a database for storing bG values input to the device by a user for each day of a three day test period; a processing subsystem in communication with the database, the processing subsystem configured; to generate a plurality of acceptance time windows for a twenty four hour period; to analyze the bG test values stored in the database during each twenty four hour period for each day of a three day test period; to determine whether each of the stored bG test values corresponds to a meal; to accept only ones of the bG test values input by the user that correspond to a meal, and that have been input during specific ones of the plurality of acceptance time windows over the three day time span; to allow the user to continue performing the test on a fourth day if first and second days of the test result in a sufficient number of bG test values being accepted but the third day has an insufficient number of accepted bG test values, in an effort to successfully complete the test; to use the accepted bG values in generating information relating to test results for a three day bG profile; and the handheld diabetes management device further including a visual display for displaying the test results of the three day bG profile. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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