METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA PROCESSING AND CONTROL IN A MEDICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20170181679A1
• Filed: 03/06/2017
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories Incorporated)
• Inventors: Hayter, Gary A.
• Application Number:
  US15/451,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20170181679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0223 of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0252 using ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0475 Special features of memory means, e.g. removable memory cards
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/227 Sensors with electrical connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0017 transmitting optical signals transmission by light H04B10/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14865 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1495 Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7221 Determining signal validity, reliability or quality A61B5/7207 and A61B5/7217 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7225 Details of analog processing, e.g. isolation amplifier, gain or sensitivity adjustment, filtering, baseline or drift compensation A61B5/30, A61B5/316 take precedence; transformers for specific applications H01F38/00; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• 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: A61M 2205/35 Communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for acquiring data associated with a monitored analyte level, determining a glucose level based at least in part on the acquired data associated with the monitored analyte level, manipulating a data set based on a processing mode following the glucose level determination, where the processing mode includes one of a data set transmission and output display, a data set storing and output display without transmission, or a data set transmission and data set storing without output display are provided.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. An analyte monitoring system, comprising:

an analyte monitoring device comprising;

a sensor adapted to be positioned in a user'"'"'s body and to sense an analyte level in the user'"'"'s body, and a transmitter adapted for bi-directional wireless communication according to a Bluetooth protocol;

a remote data terminal connected to a data network adapted to store and update sensed analyte data of the user;

a primary receiver comprising;

a battery, a vibratory output, a first wireless serial output section, and first receiver electronics adapted to receive data corresponding to the sensed analyte level from the transmitter according to the Bluetooth protocol; and

a secondary receiver comprising;

a battery, a vibratory output, a second wireless serial output section, and second receiver electronics adapted to receive data corresponding to the sensed analyte level from the transmitter according to the Bluetooth protocol,

wherein the primary receiver and the secondary receiver are adapted to communicate with each other over a bidirectional wireless link extending between the primary receiver and the secondary receiver,

wherein at least one of the primary receiver and the secondary receiver are adapted to wirelessly serially transmit the received sensed analyte data to the remote data terminal automatically and not in response to a query from the remote data terminal.

20. The analyte monitoring system of claim 19, wherein the primary receiver is adapted to transmit the received sensed analyte data from the first serial data output section to the remote data terminal automatically and not in response to a query from the remote data terminal.

21. The analyte monitoring system of claim 20, wherein the primary receiver is adapted to display the received sensed analyte data in real time upon receipt of the sensed analyte data.

22. The analyte monitoring system of claim 20, wherein the secondary receiver is adapted to transmit the received sensed analyte data from the second serial data output section to the remote data terminal automatically and not in response to a query from the remote data terminal.

23. The analyte monitoring system of claim 19, wherein the analyte level is a glucose level.

24. The analyte monitoring system of claim 19, wherein the primary receiver is adapted to, upon completion of a power-on procedure, wirelessly detect the presence of the analyte monitoring device.

25. The analyte monitoring system of claim 19, wherein the primary receiver comprises a test strip interface.

26. The analyte monitoring system of claim 25, wherein the secondary receiver is a watch.

27. The analyte monitoring system of claim 19, wherein the analyte monitoring device is adapted to transmit raw data corresponding to the sensed analyte level from the transmitter to the primary and secondary receivers.

28. The analyte monitoring system of claim 27, wherein the analyte monitoring device is adapted to transmit system status information with the data corresponding to the sensed analyte level from the transmitter to the primary and secondary receivers.