APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUPPLYING INSULIN BASED ON AMOUNT OF EXERCISE

• US 20130274183A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Jun-Hyung, Lee, Jong-Hyo
• Granted Patent: US 9,333,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 514/5.9
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 38/28 Insulins
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• 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: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

An apparatus and method for automatically supplying insulin based on exercise amount are provided. The apparatus includes a blood sugar measurer for measuring a blood sugar level of a patient; a controller for, comparing the measured blood sugar level with a predetermined blood sugar level, if the measured blood sugar level is greater than or equal to the predetermined blood sugar level, determining whether a current time is within a blood sugar change time zone, if the measured blood sugar level is equal to or higher than the predetermined blood sugar level, and if the current time does is not within the blood sugar change time zone, acquiring exercise amount information about the patient and determining a dose of insulin to be injected inject into the patient based on the acquired exercise amount information, if the current time does not fall within the blood sugar change time zone; and an insulin injector for injecting the determined dose of insulin into the patient.

Claims

1. An apparatus for automatically supplying insulin based on exercise amount, the apparatus comprising:

a blood sugar measurer for measuring a blood sugar level of a patient;

a controller for;

comparing the measured blood sugar level with a predetermined blood sugar level,

if the measured blood sugar level is greater than or equal to the predetermined blood sugar level, determining whether a current time is within a blood sugar change time zone, and

if the current time is not within the blood sugar change time zone, acquiring exercise amount information about the patient and determining a dose of insulin to inject into the patient based on the acquired exercise amount information; and

an insulin injector for injecting the determined dose of insulin into the patient.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an exercise amount measurer for acquiring the exercise amount information about the patient.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller further receives the exercise amount information from a mobile terminal through short-range wireless communication.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing a blood sugar change record of the patient and living pattern information about the patient.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein, if the measured blood sugar level is greater than or equal to the predetermined blood sugar level, the controller further determines whether the current time falls within the blood sugar change time zone by reading the blood sugar change record.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller further determines whether the patient is exercising based on the acquired exercise amount information and, if the patient is exercising, determines the dose of insulin based on the acquired exercise amount information.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller further determines whether the exercise was planned based on the living pattern information about the patient, determines a blood sugar change based on the exercise amount information if the exercise was not planned, and if the blood sugar change is above a threshold range, warns the patient to stop exercising.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller further measures another blood sugar level of the patient through the blood sugar measurer and determines a dose of insulin based on the measured blood sugar level, after warning the patient to stop the exercise.

9. A method for automatically supplying insulin based on exercise amount in an automatic insulin supply apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a blood sugar level of a patient measured by a blood sugar sensor;

comparing the measured blood sugar level with a predetermined blood sugar level;

if the measured blood sugar level is greater than or equal to the predetermined blood sugar level, determining whether a current time is within a blood sugar change time zone;

if the current time is not within the blood sugar change time zone, acquiring exercise amount information about the patient;

determining a dose of insulin to inject into the patient based on the acquired exercise amount information; and

injecting the determined dose of insulin through an insulin injector into the patient.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the exercise amount information about the patient is acquired from an exercise amount sensor in the automatic insulin supply apparatus.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein acquiring the exercise amount information about the patient comprises receiving the exercise amount information from a mobile terminal through short-range wireless communication.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein determining whether a current time is within a blood sugar change time zone comprises determining whether the current time falls within the blood sugar change time zone by reading a pre-stored blood sugar change record.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein determining the dose of insulin comprises:

determining whether the patient is exercising based on the acquired exercise amount information; and

determining the dose of insulin based on the acquired exercise amount information, if the patient is exercising.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining whether the exercise was planned based on living pattern information about the patient, when acquiring the exercise amount information;

if exercise was not planned, determining a blood sugar change based on the exercise amount information; and

if the blood sugar change is above a threshold range, warning the patient to stop the exercise.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

measuring another blood sugar level of the patient; and

after warning the patient to stop the exercise, determining a dose of insulin based on the measured blood sugar level.