PRESENTING DATA GENERATED BY A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR

• US 20150061890A1
• Filed: 09/04/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Rees, Christen A., White, Sheldon A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,999,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/74 Details of notification to user or communication with user or patient indicating measured values G01D7/00; user input means input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• 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 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/22 Traffic shaping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

A computer implemented method for transmitting messages generated by a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the method comprising: generating a first message at the CGM at a first time, the first message being related to blood glucose measuring; generating a second message at the CGM at a second time, the second time being after the first time, the second message being related to blood glucose measuring; determining an elapsed time since a transmitter of the CGM has transmitted data; determining whether the elapsed time is greater than a threshold; determining whether the second message is to be transmitted before the first message, in response to the elapsed time being greater than the threshold; and transmitting data corresponding with the second message before transmitting data corresponding with the first message to a diabetes management device, in response to determining that the second message is to be transmitted before the first message.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for transmitting messages generated by a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the method comprising:

generating a first message at the CGM at a first time, the first message being related to blood glucose measuring;

generating a second message at the CGM at a second time, the second time being after the first time, the second message being related to blood glucose measuring;

determining, by a processor, an elapsed time since a transmitter of the CGM has transmitted data;

determining, by the processor, whether the elapsed time is greater than a first threshold;

determining, by the processor, whether the second message is to be transmitted before the first message, in response to the elapsed time being greater than the first threshold; and

transmitting, via the transmitter, data corresponding with the second message before transmitting data corresponding with the first message to a diabetes management device, in response to determining that the second message is to be transmitted before the first message.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be transmitted before the first message is based on a priority of the second message.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be transmitted before the first message is based on a type of the second message.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be transmitted before the first message is based on a value of the second message.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second message is to be transmitted before the first message when the second message includes an error message and the first message includes a warning message.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the data corresponding to the first message before transmitting the data corresponding to the second message when the elapsed time is less than a first threshold.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the elapsed time is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting a file including the second message towards a beginning portion of the file and the first message towards an end portion of the file when the elapsed time is greater than the second threshold.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising storing data corresponding with the second message in a memory of the CGM and purging data corresponding with the first message from the memory of the CGM, in response to the second message having a higher priority than the first message.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data corresponding with the first message includes a blood glucose measurement.

11. A computer implemented method for presenting messages at a diabetes management device, the method comprising:

receiving data corresponding with a first message via a receiver of the diabetes management device, the first message having a first priority associated therewith, the first message being related to blood glucose measuring;

receiving data corresponding with a second message via the receiver, the second message having a second priority associated therewith, the second message being related to blood glucose measuring;

determining, by a processor, an elapsed time since the receiver has received data;

determining, by the processor, whether the elapsed time is greater than a first threshold;

determining, by the processor, whether the first message is to be discarded based on the first priority and the second priority, in response to the elapsed time being greater than the first threshold;

discarding the first message in response to determining that the first message is to be discarded; and

presenting the second message via an output interface of the diabetes management device.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first message is to be discarded when the second priority is higher than the first priority.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first priority is based on a type of the first message.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first message includes a warning message and the second message includes an error message;

and wherein the second message has a higher priority than the first message.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first priority is based on a source of the first message.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first message is received from a first healthcare device and the second message is received from a second healthcare device;

and wherein second message has a higher priority than the first message.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 16, wherein the first healthcare device includes a continuous glucose monitor and the second healthcare device includes an insulin pump.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first priority is based on a value of the first message.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein the data corresponding with the first message includes a blood glucose measurement.

20. A computer implemented method for presenting messages at a diabetes management device, the method comprising:

generating a first message at a first time by a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the first message being related to blood glucose measuring;

generating a second message at a second time by the CGM, the second time being after the first time, the second message being related to blood glucose measuring;

sending data corresponding with the first message from the CGM to the diabetes management device;

sending data corresponding with the second message from the CGM to the diabetes management device;

determining, by a processor, an elapsed time since the diabetes management device has received data from the CGM;

determining, by the processor, whether the elapsed time is greater than a first threshold;

determining, by the processor, whether the second message is to be presented by the diabetes management device before the first message is presented, in response to the elapsed time being greater than the first threshold;

presenting the second message before presenting the first message through an output interface of the diabetes management device, in response to determining that the second message is to be presented before the first message.

21. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be presented before the first message is based on a priority of the second message.

22. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be presented before the first message is based on a type of second message.

23. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the determining whether the second message is to be presented before the first message is based on a value of the second message.

24. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the second message is to be presented before the first message when the second message includes an error message and the first message includes a warning message.

25. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the presenting comprises presenting the first message before the presenting the second message through the output interface of the diabetes management device when the elapsed time is less than the first threshold.

26. The computer implemented method of claim 20, wherein the data corresponding with the first message includes a blood glucose measurement.