Data Synchronization Between Two or More Analyte Detecting Devices in a Database

• US 20140067421A1
• Filed: 12/21/2011
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bernstein, Daniel M., Hayter, Gary A., Dunn, Timothy C., Winkler, Todd, Gopal, Mani, Davis, Eric, Bradrick, Brittany K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,760,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1473 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter A61B5/1482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

An analyte measurement system includes one or more handheld analyte meters and/or measurement devices and a means for collecting data, preserving data integrity, and uniquely identifying patient data received from multiple sources. For example, provided herein is a means to uniquely identify patients and their data when the data is collected from one or more measurement devices. By providing a way to allow the patients to use multiple sources to collect data, the system described herein provides patients with more flexibility, which should encourage better compliance to protocols. Further, by having a way to uniquely identify patients'"'"' data without requiring a patient to only use one analyte meter, for example, data can be centralized and analysis can be done with more assurance that all of the patient'"'"'s data is being considered in the analyses.

Claims

1. A diabetes management system, comprising:

a plurality of analyte measurement devices;

a centralized server in data communication with the plurality of analyte measurement devices;

wherein the centralized server includes at least one computer readable medium having instructions executable by at least one processing device that, when executed, cause the processing device to

collect analyte data from the plurality of analyte measurement devices,

preserve data integrity, and

uniquely identify patient data received from the plurality of analyte measurement devices.

2. An analyte meter, comprising:

a test strip port for receiving an analyte test strip sensor;

a processor for conducting an analyte test based on a sample placed on the analyte test strip sensor; and

a user-identification module for uniquely identifying a user.

3. The analyte meter of claim 2, wherein the user-identification module is selected from the group consisting of:

an optical reader, a barcode reader, an RFID reader, a fingerprint reader, meter serial number, and patient ID number.

4. The analyte meter of claim 2, wherein the user-identification module identifies the user via a handheld identifier tag held by the user.

5. The analyte meter of claim 2, wherein the processor does not perform an analyte test unless the user-identification module uniquely identifies the user.

6. The analyte meter of claim 2, wherein the processor tags analyte data with the user identification.

7. A diabetes management method, comprising:

providing a patient with an analyte measurement device;

preparing a patient record in a centralized database;

providing a data communication channel between the patient'"'"'s analyte measurement device and the centralized database;

receiving a primary unique patient ID from the patient'"'"'s analyte measurement device;

prompting the patient to provide a secondary unique patient ID to confirm the patient'"'"'s identity; and

storing newly received patient data in the patient record on the centralized database based on a confirmation of identification of the patient.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the patient is provided with a second analyte measurement device, further comprising:

receiving a second primary unique patient ID from the patient'"'"'s second analyte measurement device;

asking the patient to provide the secondary unique patient ID to confirm the patient'"'"'s identity; and

storing newly received patient data from the second analyte measurement device in the patient record on the centralized database based on a confirmation of identification of the patient.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

the centralized database providing the analyte measurement device with a unique ID for confirming identification in future data transfers.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

registering a patient or device if identification of the patient or device cannot be confirmed.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the steps are repeated for a plurality of patients and devices.

12. A diabetes management method, comprising:

registering a patient to a diabetes management system by

registering a unique patient ID on a website, wherein the patient provides security information;

connecting an analyte measurement device to a personal computer, wherein the device installs a communication driver on the personal computer, and wherein the communication driver has instructions to upload data from the device to the website automatically when the device is attached to the computer; and

upon completion of the registration process, the website downloading the unique patient ID to the device and the communication driver.

13. A diabetes management method, comprising:

attaching an analyte measurement device to a personal computer;

uploading data via a communication driver;

the device and the communication driver both placing unique patient ID in a data stream; and

a central database recognizing and matching both unique patient IDs and storing data associated with the unique patient IDs.

14. A diabetes management method, comprising:

attaching an analyte measurement device to a personal computer with a communication driver;

the device placing a null character in a unique patient ID field of a data stream;

the communication driver detecting a mismatch of a unique patient ID with any of its stored IDs;

the communication driver requesting the user to identify the unique patient ID based on associated patient information or security information;

upon proper confirmation, the communication driver downloading the unique patient ID to the device and including the unique patient ID in the device field of the data stream sent to the central database; and

the central database recognizing and matching both unique patient IDs and storing data associated with this ID.