MULTI-SCALE DISPLAY OF BLOOD GLUCOSE INFORMATION

• US 20190015024A1
• Filed: 07/13/2018
• Published: 01/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Desborough, Lane, Mazlish, Bryan, Kabel-Eckes, Sabine, Boissier, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US16/035,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20190015024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• 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 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14272 for emergency, field or home use, e.g. self-contained kits to be carried by the doctor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14296 Pharmacokinetic models
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/003 Kits for diabetics
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type
• 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 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A system for displaying blood glucose information includes a blood glucose monitoring device configured to monitor blood glucose levels of a user, and a display. The system may also include one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining the blood glucose levels from the blood glucose monitoring device, where the blood glucose levels include at least a current blood glucose level and a historic blood glucose level. The operations may also include presenting the current blood glucose level at a first location on the display based on a first scale, and presenting the historic blood glucose level at a second location on the display based on a second scale different from the first scale.

Claims

1. A method of displaying blood glucose information, the method comprising:

monitoring blood glucose levels of a user, the blood glucose levels including at least a current blood glucose level and a historic blood glucose level;

presenting the current blood glucose level at a first location on a display based on a first scale; and

presenting the historic blood glucose level at a second location on the display based on a second scale different from the first scale.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first scale is a logarithmic scale, and blood glucose values below a threshold correspond to a larger area of the display than blood glucose levels above the threshold.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the threshold includes approximately 200 mg/dL.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

projecting a future blood glucose level of the user; and

presenting the future blood glucose level of the user at a third location on the display based on the second scale.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising presenting an indication of a confidence level in the future blood glucose level.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second scale is a linear scale.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second location is based on the second scale relative to the first location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location is based on the first scale relative to a vertical axis of the display.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a continuous line from the first location to the second location according to the first scale.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the continuous line is a dashed line.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a facial avatar representative of the blood glucose levels;

modifying a first feature of the facial avatar in response to a change in the blood glucose levels; and

modifying a second feature of the facial avatar in response to a change in a projected future blood glucose level.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first feature includes eyes of the facial avatar and wherein a location of the eyes corresponds to the current blood glucose level.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second feature of the facial avatar includes eyebrows of the facial avatar and wherein an orientation of the eyebrows corresponds to the projected future blood glucose level.

14. A device for displaying blood glucose information, the device comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations, the operations comprising;

obtain monitored blood glucose levels for a user, the blood glucose levels including at least a current blood glucose level and a historic blood glucose level;

present the current blood glucose level at a first location on the display based on a first scale; and

present the historic blood glucose level at a second location on the display based on a second scale different from the first scale.

15. The device of claim 14, further comprising a blood glucose monitor by which the device obtains the monitored blood glucose levels.

16. The device of claim 14, further comprising a communication device configured to communicate with a blood glucose monitoring device via which the device obtains the monitored blood glucose levels.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

project a future blood glucose level of the user; and

present the future blood glucose level of the user at a third location on the display based on the second scale.

18. A system for displaying blood glucose information, the system comprising:

a blood glucose monitoring device configured to monitor blood glucose levels of a user;

a display;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising;

obtain the blood glucose levels from the blood glucose monitoring device, the blood glucose levels including at least a current blood glucose level and a historic blood glucose level;

present the current blood glucose level at a first location on the display based on a first scale; and

present the historic blood glucose level at a second location on the display based on a second scale different from the first scale.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a communication device configured to communicate with the blood glucose monitoring device to obtain the monitored blood glucose levels.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

project a future blood glucose level of the user; and

present the future blood glucose level of the user at a third location on the display based on the second scale.