REMOTE MONITORING OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENTS

• US 20140188398A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DexCom Incorporated
• Inventors: Cohen, Eric, Smith, Brian Christopher, Mensinger, Michael Robert, Draeger, Rian, Grubstein, Katherine Yerre, Bowman, Leif N., Price, David, Larvenz, Shawn, Reihman, Eli
• Granted Patent: US 9,730,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/19
• 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 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0026 characterised by the transmission medium
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1495 Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• 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: A61B 5/7465 Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/60 for the operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/10 using a centralized architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/50 using a mobile data collecting device, e.g. walk by or drive by
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/70 : Arrangements in the main station, i.e. central controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 : Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a host'"'"'s glucose levels measured using a continuous glucose monitoring system, comprising:

receiving a voice input using a mobile computing device;

processing the voice input to determine one or more commands; and

implementing the one or more commands.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands is outputting a particular glucose value.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the particular glucose value is the current glucose value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input comprises an indication of a past time frame and the particular glucose value is a glucose value corresponding to the past time frame.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting comprises audibly providing the particular glucose value using the mobile computing device and displaying the current glucose value on a display of the mobile computing device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein outputting further comprises triggering display of a glucose trend graph of the host'"'"'s measured glucose concentration over time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more commands is calibrating the glucose monitoring system using a calibration value indicated in the voice input.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising confirming the calibration value based on a difference between the calibration value and a current glucose value associated with the host.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input comprises an instruction to modify alert settings of the continuous glucose monitoring system, and wherein the one or more commands comprise modifying one or more alert settings in accordance with the instructions.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the alert settings comprises one or more of modifying and alarm profile, changing an alarm threshold, and turning off or on a particular alarm.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input comprises an acknowledgement of an alert previously triggered by the remote monitoring system, and wherein the one or more commands comprise turning off the triggered alert.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input comprises an indication of one of a plurality of host'"'"'s a user is remotely monitoring using the glucose monitoring system.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more commands includes selecting the host and wherein the outputting comprises audibly providing and/or displaying a state of the host.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the state of the host comprises one or more of a current glucose value of the host, a rate of change of glucose concentration of the host, and a location of the host.

15. A method for monitoring a host'"'"'s glucose levels measured using a continuous glucose monitoring system, comprising:

enabling a voice feedback setting of the continuous glucose monitoring system using a mobile computing device;

receiving continuous glucose sensor data measured by the continuous glucose monitoring system;

processing the continuous glucose sensor data; and

outputting voice feedback using the mobile computing device in accordance with the voice feedback setting and the processed continuous glucose sensor data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein enabling the voice feedback setting includes selecting at least one of a plurality of alert parameters.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of alert parameters comprises a time interval for automatically providing voice feedback, a glucose threshold and a rate of change threshold.