SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING OPTIMUM INSULIN BOLUS DOSAGE

• US 20160070871A1
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quattro Folia Oy
• Original Assignee: Quattro Folia Oy
• Inventors: Heinonen, Pekka, Okkonen, Harri, Kokkinen, Antti, Sinisalo, Ari, Carpelan, Paulus, Nippula, Niina
• Application Number:
  US14/477,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20160070871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for recommending an optimum insulin bolus dosage to a patient is described. The computer-implemented method includes receiving diabetes related data from the patient. The computer implemented method further includes determining a plurality of insulin bolus dosages using a plurality of insulin bolus calculators. The plurality of insulin bolus dosages are calculated based on the diabetes related data. Thereafter, an optimum insulin bolus dosage is determined based on the plurality of insulin bolus dosages. The optimum insulin bolus dosage is then presented to the patient.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for recommending an optimum insulin bolus dosage to a patient, the computer implemented method comprising:

receiving a diabetes related data associated with the patient at a processing unit;

calculating a plurality of insulin bolus dosages using a plurality of insulin bolus calculators at the processing unit, wherein each of the plurality of insulin bolus dosages is calculated based on the diabetes related data;

determining the optimum insulin bolus dosage at the processing unit based on the plurality of insulin bolus dosages; and

presenting the optimum insulin bolus dosage to the patient.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein receiving the diabetes related data associated with the patient comprises receiving a plurality of diabetes related data elements associated with the plurality of insulin bolus calculators.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 further comprising ranking the plurality of diabetes related data elements based on a plurality of weights associated with the plurality of insulin bolus calculators.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the optimum insulin bolus dosage is determined using,

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein a value of a_i is adapted over a period of time based on an association between I_i and I_o, wherein the association is determined based on a variance of blood glucose level of the patient over the period of time.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein an initial value of a_i is 1/N.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein a value of a_i at (t+1)th iteration is given by

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the term

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein a_i(t+1) is scaled using:

10. The computer implemented method of claim 4 further comprising utilizing a new insulin bolus calculator wherein a weight of the new insulin bolus calculator is given by,

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the optimum insulin bolus dosage comprises selecting an insulin bolus dosage from among the plurality of insulin bolus dosages.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presenting the optimum insulin bolus dosage comprises rendering the optimum insulin bolus dosage as one of an audio message, a visual message, an audiovisual message, a braille message and a haptic actuator message to the patient.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting the optimum insulin bolus dosage to an administering unit configured to administer the optimum insulin bolus dosage to the patient.

14. A system for recommending an optimum insulin bolus dosage to a patient, the system comprising:

a data acquisition unit configured to;

obtain a diabetes related data from the patient; and

transmit the diabetes related data to a processing unit;

the processing unit configured to receive the diabetes related data from the data acquisition unit, the processing unit comprising;

a plurality of insulin bolus calculators configured to calculate a plurality of insulin bolus dosages, wherein each of the plurality of insulin bolus calculators calculates the insulin bolus dosage based on the diabetes related data; and

an analytics unit configured to determine the optimum insulin bolus dosage based on the plurality of insulin bolus dosages obtained from the plurality of insulin bolus calculators; and

a presentation unit configured to present the optimum insulin bolus dosage to the patient.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit is hosted on a server.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the data acquisition unit is further configured to transmit the diabetes related data to the processing unit via at least one of a short-range wireless network, a cellular network, a wireless network and a wired network.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the data acquisition unit comprises at least one of a step meter, an activity meter, a heart rate meter, a calorie estimator, a thermometer and a stress meter.

18. The system of claim 14 further comprising an administering unit configured to administer the optimum insulin bolus dosage to the patient.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the presentation unit is further configured to present the optimum insulin bolus dosage in at least one of a visual format, an audio format, an audiovisual format, a braille format and a haptic actuator format.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for causing a computing device to perform a method of recommending an optimum insulin bolus dosage to a patient, the method comprising:

receiving a diabetes related data associated with the patient at a processing unit;

calculating a plurality of insulin bolus dosages using a plurality of insulin bolus calculators at the processing unit, wherein each of the plurality of insulin bolus dosages is calculated based on the diabetes related data;

determining the optimum insulin bolus dosage at the processing unit based on the plurality of insulin bolus dosages; and

presenting the optimum insulin bolus dosage to the patient.