SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEVERAGING SMARTPHONE FEATURES IN CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING

• US 20140012118A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Inventors: Mensinger, Michael Robert, Bhavaraju, Naresh C., Bowman, Leif N., Carlton, Alexandra Lynn, DeRenzy, David, Garcia, Arturo, Gauba, Indrawati, Hall, Ashley, Hall, Thomas, Hampapuram, Hari, Kazalbash, Murrad, Mahalingam, Aarthi, Pryor, Jack, Rack-Gomer, Anna Leigh, Reihman, Eli, San Vicente, Kenneth, Simpson, Peter C., Steele, Alexander, Valdes, Jorge, Estes, Michael J., Cohen, Eric
• Application Number:
  US13/802,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14503 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence
• 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 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6801 specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/041 Controlled or regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0453 worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring, e.g. electrocardiogram, temperature, breathing detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present embodiments harness a wide variety of capabilities of modern smartphones, and combine these capabilities with information from a continuous glucose monitor to provide diabetics and related people with more information than the continuous glucose monitor can provide by itself. The increased information provides the diabetic with an increased likelihood of good diabetes management for better health.

Claims

1. A machine-executed method of continuous analyte monitoring for a host to facilitate management of the host'"'"'s analyte concentration level, the method comprising:

transmitting, using a computing device, an identification of a version of an operating system of the computing device and/or a continuous analyte monitoring (CAM) software application installed on the computing device to a remote server, the CAM software application comprising instructions, when executed by a processor of the computing device, that cause the computing device to process and display analyte concentration information;

receiving a response from the remote server responsive indicative of a compatibility check of the version of the operating system with the version of the CAM software application; and

producing an output to responsive to the response.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the output comprises continuing operating the CAM module.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the output comprises disabling one or more features of the CAM module.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the output comprises preventing operation of the CAM module.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the output comprises displaying a message to a user of the electronic device indicative of the compatibility check.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the message instructs the user to change at least one of the operating system and the CAM module to a different version.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the CAM module is a software application stored on the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting is programically initiated responsive to detecting that a new operating system has been installed on the computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote server comprises a list of compatible versions of operating systems with version of the CAM software application stored in computer memory.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating a notification to the computing device regarding the compatibility of a new version of the operating system with the version of the CAM software application installed on the computing device prior to the new version of the operating system being installed on the computing device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the output comprises preventing operation of the CAM module.

11. A system for facilitate management of a analyte concentration level, the system comprising:

continuous analyte sensor electronics coupled to a continuous analyte sensor that generates data indicative of an analyte concentration of a host;

a computing device in communication with the continuous analyte sensor, the computing device comprising an operating system and an analyte monitoring (CAM) software application installed on the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to programically

transmit an identification of a version of an operating system of the computing device and/or a continuous analyte monitoring (CAM) software application installed on the computing device to a remote server,

receive a response from the remote server responsive indicative of a compatibility check of the version of the operating system with the version of the CAM software application, and

produce an output to responsive to the response.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the output comprises continuing operating the CAM module.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the output comprises disabling one or more features of the CAM module.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the output comprises displaying a message to a user of the electronic device indicative of the compatibility check.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the message instructs the user to change at least one of the operating system and the CAM module to a different version.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the transmitting is programically initiated responsive to the computing device detecting that a new operating system has been installed on the computing device.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising the remote server, and wherein the remote server comprises a list of compatible versions of operating systems with version of the CAM software application stored in computer memory.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the remote server is configured to programically initiate a notification to the computing device regarding the compatibility of a new version of the operating system with the version of the CAM software application installed on the computing device prior to the new version of the operating system being installed on the computing device.