AUTOMATIC USER-SPECIFIC SPOT BG MEASURING ROUTINE BASED ON USER CONTINUOUS BG MEASUREMENTS

• US 20120245446A1
• Filed: 09/16/2011
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Amann-Zalan, Ildiko, Trauth, Bernhard
• Granted Patent: US 9,703,930 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A method and data processing device for automatically generating a user-specific measuring data recording routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device in a data processing device. The method comprises the steps of providing of process data indicating an expected continuous course of the blood glucose value of a user, in the calculation unit based on blood glucose measuring values from continuous blood glucose measurement, generating of user-specific measuring routine data, which indicate a measuring routine with user-specific measuring events for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose meter taking into account the process data by means of the calculation unit, and providing of the user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission.

Claims

1. A method of automatically generating a user-specific measuring data recording routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device in a data processing device, which has a data input interface, a storage device, a calculation unit and a data output interface, comprising the following steps:

providing process data indicating an expected continuous course of a blood glucose value of a user, in the calculation unit, wherein the process data are based on blood glucose measuring values from continuous blood glucose measurement;

generating user-specific measuring routine data, which indicate a measuring routine with user-specific measuring events for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose meter taking into account the process data by means of the calculation unit; and

providing user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein the process data are provided with determined process data for the blood glucose value of the user which are generated in the calculation unit.

3. The method as in claim 2 further comprising,

influencing parameter data indicating properties of one or more influencing parameters of relevance to the user'"'"'s blood glucose value are provided at the data input interface and the determined process data are generated in the calculation unit taking into account the determined influencing parameter data.

4. The method as in claim 3, wherein the influencing parameter data are provided indicating properties of one or more influencing parameters selected from the group consisting of, dependency of the blood glucose value on the time of day, type of food, food intake, type of medication, medication use, person-specific influencing parameters, age, weight, body mass index, physical activity, stress, co-morbidity, and acute illness.

5. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are generated in the blood glucose measuring device of are transferred to the blood glucose measuring device via the data output interface.

6. The method as in claim 5, wherein the method further comprises,

generating control data for a measuring mode of the blood glucose measuring device using the user-specific measuring routine data in the blood glucose measuring device;

and

controlling measuring mode of the blood glucose measuring device in accordance with the control data.

7. The method as in claim 5 wherein the blood glucose measuring device blood glucose values for the user are recorded and assigned to the user-specific measuring routine data and/or control data.

8. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are outputted by means of a data outputting device time-delayed with a temporal measuring routine and with the user-specific measuring events.

9. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are generated with weighting information which assigns a weighting to the user-specific measuring events of the measuring routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement.

10. The method as in claim 1 wherein during generating user-specific measuring routine data the process data are analysed in order to determine periods for which at least one change in the blood glucose value of the user is expected and the user-specific measuring routine data are generated taking into account the determined periods.

11. The method as in claim 1 wherein during generating the user-specific measuring routine data the process data are analysed in order to determine further periods for which an essentially constant course of the blood sugar value is expected in order to derive measurement-free periods for the discontinuous blood glucose measurement.

12. The method as in claim 1 further comprising,

a computer readable media including program instructions which when executed by a processor using software cause the processor to perform the steps of generating user-specific measuring routine data and providing the user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission.

13. A data processing device for generating a user-specific measuring data routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device, comprising:

a data input interface;

a storage device;

a calculation unit which, taking into account the process data indicating an expected continuous course of the blood glucose value of a user, is configured for generating user-specific measuring routine data indicating a user-specific measuring routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device whereby the process data for the blood glucose measuring data are based on continuous blood glucose measurement; and

a data output interface which is configured for providing the user-specific measuring routine data for data transmission.

14. The data processing device as in claim 13 wherein the data processing device is a blood glucose meter.