Handheld Diabetes Manager With A Flight Mode

• US 20130172709A1
• Filed: 10/26/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Mears, Mark G., Nierzwick, Mark, Pash, Phillip E., Rizzo, Vincent R., Steiner, Bettina, Westerfield, Kristin M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/35 Communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/0421 Controlled or regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/02 Reducing interference from electric apparatus by means located at or near the interfering apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 : at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 : Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 : Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

A handheld diabetes manager has a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device and includes a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement, a blood glucose measurement module operable with the test strip, a communications module and a user interface module. The communications module selectively communicates wirelessly with an external medical device. The user interface module communicates with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operates to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager. The graphical user interface includes a screen with a flight mode option. When the flight mode option is enabled and the external medical device is paired and currently communicating with the diabetes manager, the user interface module interacts with the communication module to send a command to the external medical device to turn off wireless communication of the external medical device.

Claims

1. A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, comprising:

a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;

a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;

a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager; and

a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a screen with a flight mode option and wherein when the flight mode option is enabled and the external medical device is paired and currently communicating with the diabetes manager, the user interface module interacts with the communication module to send a command via the wireless data link to the external medical device to turn off wireless communication of the external medical device.

2. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein the external medical device is an insulin pump.

3. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein the external medical device is a continuous glucose monitoring device.

4. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, pairing with new devices is disabled and corresponding buttons are grayed out in a connectivity screen.

5. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, managing of paired devices is disabled and corresponding buttons are grayed out in a connectivity screen.

6. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and the diabetes manager sends a command to the external medical device to turn off wireless communication, a failure warning is displayed if the external medical device responds with an error message.

7. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and a bolus advice module is accessed via the user interface a warning that the bolus information may be out of date is displayed on the display.

8. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and the diabetes manager is not paired with the external medical device, the diabetes manager disables wireless communication of the communications module.

9. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and the diabetes manager is paired but not currently communicating with the external medical device, the diabetes manager disables wireless communication of the communications module.

10. The diabetes manager of claim 1, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, the diabetes manager displays a notification that travel and flight mode is on.

11. The diabetes manager of claim 10, wherein when the diabetes manager is paired to the external medical device, the notification includes pairing information.

12. A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, comprising:

a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;

a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;

a bolus advice module configured to receive blood glucose measurements from the blood glucose measurement module and operating, in response to an input, to compute an insulin recommendation for a patient based in part on the blood glucose measurements;

a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager;

a travel module that cooperatively operates with the communications module to effectuate a flight mode; and

a user interface module in data communication with the travel module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a travel screen that allows a user to selectively enable or disable a flight mode, and wherein the user interface module presents, in response to user input to access bolus advice and while the flight mode is enabled, a notification on the display, wherein the notification indicates that an insulin recommendation from the bolus advice module may be based on data that is outdated.

13. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein the external medical device is an insulin pump.

14. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein the external medical device is a continuous glucose monitoring device.

15. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, pairing with new devices is disabled and corresponding buttons are grayed out in a connectivity screen.

16. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, managing of paired devices is disabled and corresponding buttons are grayed out in a connectivity screen.

17. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and the diabetes manager is paired and currently communicating with the external medical devices, the diabetes manager sends a command to the external medical device to turn off wireless communication.

18. The diabetes manager of claim 17, wherein a failure warning is displayed if the external medical device sends an error message in response to the command to turn off wireless communication.

19. The diabetes manager of claim 12, wherein when the flight mode is enabled and the diabetes manager is either not paired with the external medical device or paired but currently not communicating with the external medical device, the diabetes manager disables wireless communication of the communications module.

20. A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, comprising:

a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;

a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;

a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device to receive status data pertaining to the operation of the external medical device, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager; and

a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to enable or disable a flight mode of the diabetes manager.

21. The diabetes manager of claim 20, wherein when the flight mode is enabled wireless communication with the external medical device is disabled.

22. The diabetes manager of claim 20, wherein when the flight mode is enabled, a notification that bolus information may be outdated is displayed when a user inputs a request for bolus advice information.

23. A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, comprising:

a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;

a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;

a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager; and

a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a screen with a flight mode option and wherein the flight mode option is enabled by sending a flight mode command to the external medical device during a periodic listening window of the external medical device, the periodic listening window associated with a corresponding periodic beacon from the external medical device to the diabetes manager, and wherein, in response to the flight mode command, the external medical device enters a listening only mode having periodic listening windows and stops sending beacons.

24. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 23, wherein during the flight mode the periodic listening windows are separated by greater intervals of time in comparison to the listening windows associated with beacons.

25. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 23, wherein when the diabetes manager sends a command to the external medical device during a listening window to exit flight mode, the external medical device resumes sending beacons at periodic time intervals.

26. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 23, wherein the diabetes manager is configured to send instructions to exit the flight mode after a specified time interval when sending the flight mode command to the external medical device.