VARIABLE DATA USAGE PERSONAL MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20160294927A1
• Filed: 04/07/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Patterson, George W., Gharib, Maral, Meng, Fan, Cohen, Gary A., Dempster, Eileen H., Talbot, Cary D., Verghese, Mark Sebastian
• Application Number:
  US15/092,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294927A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/07 Proteins
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/005 Parameter used as control input for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• 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 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/00 Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices

Abstract

A variable data usage personal medical system including a self-care device attached to a patient, and operable to generate self-care device data and to transmit the self-care device data at a fixed interval; a cellular communication device operable to receive and store the transmitted self-care device data, to register a count at an interval counter for each of the fixed intervals in which the transmitted self-care device data is received, to generate a data cellular packet from overhead plus the stored self-care device data when the interval counter equals a fixed interval index, and to transmit the data packet; and a cloud infrastructure operably connected to the cellular communication device over a cellular network, and operable to receive, process, and store the transmitted data packet. The cloud infrastructure is operable to transmit a value for the fixed interval index to the cellular communication device for storage.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a self-care device of a patient operably connected to a communication device of the patient, wherein the communication device is operably connected to a cloud infrastructure, the self-care device being operable to;

generate self-care device data; and

transmit the self-care device data to the communication device at a fixed interval, wherein the cloud infrastructure transmits a value for a fixed interval index to the communication device, wherein the communication device registers a count at an interval counter for each fixed interval in which the transmitted self-care data is received and wherein the communication device communicates a data packet, which includes the self-care device data, to the cloud infrastructure in response to the count at the interval counter being equal to the fixed interval index.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the self-care device further comprises a link between the self-care device and the communication device, wherein the link further comprises a wired or a wireless connection.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the self-care device is operable to, in response to a request from the communication device, send data stored in the self-care device to the communication device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the self-care device and the communication device are combined and integrated in a single package.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein in response to the count at the interval counter being equal to the fixed interval, the communication device generates the data packet that includes the self-care device data plus overhead.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data packet is sent from the communications device to the cloud infrastructure over a network.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display device operable to receive and display data from at least one data packet.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the value for the fixed interval index is a fixed integer.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the value for the fixed interval index is selected based on at least one of a medical condition and history of the patient, statistical analysis of a patient group experience, activity in the system, or communication costs.

10. A self-care device that attaches to a patient, the self-care device comprising:

a communication link operable to communicate with a communication device, the self-care device operable to;

generate self-care device data; and

transmit the self-care device data to the communication device at a fixed interval, wherein the communication device registers a count at an interval counter for each fixed interval in which the transmitted self-care data is received, wherein the communication device communicates a data packet, which includes the self-care device data from the self-care device, to a cloud infrastructure in response to the count at the interval counter being equal to a value for a fixed interval index received from the cloud infrastructure.

11. The self-care device of claim 10 further comprising a personal medical device that delivers therapy to the patient.

12. The self-care device of claim 11, wherein the personal medical device delivers insulin to the patient.

13. The self-care device of claim 10 further comprising a personal medical device that monitors a physiological parameter of the patient.

14. The self-care device of claim 13 wherein the personal medical device is a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device.

15. A method comprising:

generating, by a self-care device, self-care device data for a patient; and

transmitting, by the self-care device, the self-care device data to a communication device at a fixed interval, wherein a cloud infrastructure transmits a value for a fixed interval index to the communication device, wherein the communication device registers a count at an interval counter for each fixed interval in which the transmitted self-care data is received, and wherein the communication device communicates a data packet, which includes the self-care device data, to the cloud infrastructure in response to the count at the interval counter being equal to the fixed interval index.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the self-care device data to the communication device approximately every 5 minutes.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein, in response to the transmitting, the communication device receives and increments the interval counter each time the self-care device data is received.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting comprises a cycle of data transfer from the self-care device to the communication device that is followed by a less frequent transfer of data from the communication device to the cloud infrastructure.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending, by the self-care device, in response to detecting an unusual condition, an alarm packet to the cloud infrastructure through the communication device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the alarm packet further comprises an identifier plus accompanying data for use in making therapy adjustments.