Communication station and software for interfacing with an infusion pump, analyte monitor, analyte meter, or the like

• US 7,647,237 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2002
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Minimed, Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Minimed, Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Shin, John, Barlow, J. Jeffrey, Gross, Todd M., Malave, Luis J., Wells, Kevin C., Ruppert, Deborah, Yonemoto, Jay, Dobbles, Mike, Hague, Clifford W., Estes, Mark C., Cheney, Paul S. II
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan; C. Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cobanoglu; Dilek B
• Application Number:
  US10/180,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20020193679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,757 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 600/300, 600/347, 600/309, 600/890.1, 604/207, 604/890.1, 604/151, 514/12, 700/214, 128/897
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• 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 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A communication station is for use with a medical device (such as an infusion pump) and a processing device (such as a computer). The communication station includes a housing, a medical device interface coupled to the housing, a processing device interface coupled to the housing and a processor coupled to the housing. The device interface interfaces with the medical device, and the processing device interface interfaces with the processing device. The processor provides a communication path between the medical device and the processing device such that programming and instructions may be communicated from the processing device to the medical device and data may be transferred from the medical device to the processing device. The communication station may be combined with a system that is capable of generating reports either locally or remotely. In addition, the medical device interface may be a cradle that is configurable to attach to different shaped medical devices.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring at least a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin infusion pump used to treat a medical condition for a patient, the method comprising:

generating a patient data file;

downloading data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump used with the patient, wherein the data includes a plurality of blood glucose levels obtained over a time period;

recording the downloaded data in the patient data file;

integrating the data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump to present contemporaneous information showing the relationship between at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump;

presenting the integrated data in a user chosen report format; and

displaying a first plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a first defined time period and second plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a second defined time period on the same scale of a single one of the first and second defined time periods within the user chosen report format, with the first plurality of blood glucose levels from the first defined time period shown in an overlaid fashion relative to the second plurality of blood glucose levels from the second defined time period, and with the first and second plurality of blood glucose levels shown as extending over the single one of the defined time periods, the first and second time periods are fully separated in time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user chosen report format temporally displays insulin administration compared to blood glucose levels.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user chosen report format displays percentages of blood glucose levels above and below glucose goals.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user chosen report format contains information for both bolus and basal insulin administered to the patient.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting the data further comprises calculating a percentage of total insulin delivery in the form of a holus injection over a period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting the data further comprises calculating an average blood glucose level over a period of time.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of presenting the data further comprises calculating a standard deviation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of presenting the data further comprises transforming the data into graphical waveform data, wherein the graphical waveform data represents the time at which the data occurs.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each defined time period is the time period of a single day.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each defined time period is the time period of a single week.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises displaying a continuous line graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the multiple defined time periods.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises displaying graphical representations of blood glucose levels for at least two defined time periods in two respectively different colors.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises displaying a graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the multiple defined time periods in a color that is different than the color for displaying the graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the other time periods.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises displaying a continuous graphical representation of a blood glucose level on the same graph for each one of the multiple defined time periods, with the continuous graphical representation for each one of the multiple defined time periods having a starting location that corresponds to a same position on the graph.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the blood glucose levels displayed in an overlaid fashion are generated with data for multiple time periods from the same glucose monitor during the multiple time periods.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second time periods are each continuous, uninterrupted time periods.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving meter data from a discontinuous glucose meter and displaying a plurality of blood glucose levels from the data obtained from the discontinuous glucose meter and a plurality of blood glucose levels from data obtained from the continuous glucose monitor on the same time scale and graph.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a plurality of blood glucose levels comprises displaying a plurality of blood glucose levels from data obtained from the continuous glucose monitor as at least one continuous line on the graph and displaying a plurality of blood glucose levels from data obtained from the discontinuous glucose meter as a plurality of points on the graph.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving meter data from a discontinuous glucose meter comprises receiving data corresponding to a blood glucose level detected from each of a plurality of separate blood samples applied to respective strips of flexible sheet material.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying a plurality of blood glucose levels comprises integrating data obtained from the discontinuous glucose meter and a plurality of blood glucose levels from data obtained from the continuous glucose monitor simultaneously along the time scale of the same display graph.

21. A system of monitoring at least a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin infusion pump used to determine blood glucose levels for a patient, the system comprising:

means for creating a patient data file;

means for downloading data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump used with the patient, wherein the data includes a plurality of blood glucose levels obtained over a time period;

means for recording the downloaded data in the patient data file;

means for integrating the data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump to present contemporaneous information showing the relationship between at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump;

means for presenting the downloaded data in a user chosen report format; and

means for displaying a first plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a first defined time period and second plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a second defined time period on the same scale of a single one of the first and second defined time periods within the user chosen report format, with the first plurality of blood glucose levels from the first defined time period shown in an overlaid fashion relative to the second plurality of blood glucose levels from the second defined time period, and with the first and second plurality of blood glucose levels shown as extending over the single one of the defined time periods, the first and second time periods are fully separated in time.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising the step of integrating data downloaded from an infusion device to present contemporaneous information showing the relationship between the sensor and the infusion device.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the user chosen report format temporally displays insulin administration compared to blood glucose levels.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the user chosen report format contains at least information about alert or event history.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for presenting the data further comprises a means for calculating an average blood glucose level over a period of time.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for presenting the data further comprises a means for transforming the data into graphical waveform data, wherein the graphical waveform data represents the time at which the data occurs.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein each defined time period is the time period of a single day.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein each defined time period is the time period of a single week.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein means for displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises means for displaying a continuous line graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the multiple defined time periods.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein means for displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises means for displaying graphical representations of blood glucose levels for at least two defined time periods in two respectively different colors.

31. The system of claim 21, wherein means for displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises means for displaying a graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the multiple defined time periods in a color that is different than the color for displaying the graphical representation of a blood glucose level for each one of the other time periods.

32. The system of claim 21, wherein means for displaying blood glucose levels from multiple defined time periods comprises means for displaying a continuous graphical representation of a blood glucose level on the same graph for each one of the multiple defined time periods, with the continuous graphical representation for each one of the multiple defined time periods having a starting location that corresponds to a same position on the graph.

33. The system of claim 21, wherein the blood glucose levels displayed in an overlaid fashion are generated with data for multiple time periods from the same glucose monitor during the multiple time periods.

34. The method of claim 21, wherein the first and second time periods are each continuous, uninterrupted time periods.