System for managing treatment of a particular health condition via a mobile phone device

• US 8,273,296 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Original Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Drucker, Steven, Liamos, Charles T., Colman, Fredric C., Lortz, Mark, Lipman, Kelley, Jiang, Feng, Bacho, Henrik
• Primary Examiner(s): Siefke, Sam P
• Application Number:
  US12/776,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20110119086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 422/50, 422/400, 422/401
• US Class Current: 422/68.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48778 Containers specially adapted therefor, e.g. for dry storage
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/48792 Data management, e.g. communication with processing unit for in vivo diagnostics A61B5/0002; transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 435/97 Test strip or test slide

Abstract

A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion.

Claims

1. A system for managing treatment of a particular health condition afflicting a patient, the system comprising:

a nonvolatile memory storing a health management application program configured to manage treatment of the particular health condition;

a display comprising a touch screen;

a communication unit configured to transmit data wirelessly via a mobile phone device; and

a processor connected to the display, the memory, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to access the memory to load into the processor and run the health management application program which programs the processor to;

control the display to issue a visual prompt for entry of patient health condition data, including subjective patient symptom data, related to the particular health condition in a predefined drop-down list of such symptoms that may be individually selected and entered as data with the touch screen;

receive patient health condition data, including analyte level data with associated times at which the data was taken from a patient, and further including subjective patient symptom data with associated times at which the symptoms were experienced related to the particular health condition via the touch screen selected from the pre-defined drop-down list;

store the received patient health condition data in the memory along with the times associated with each of the data;

compile the stored patient health condition data into a data summary in which analyte levels at specific times are associated with subjective patient symptom data at the same times so that the summary shows an overall view of possible influences of subjective patient symptoms on analyte levels; and

transmit the data summary via the communication unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the particular health condition afflicting a patient is diabetes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to issue a prompt as one of a visual prompt, auditory prompt, vibratory prompt and any combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a visual prompt for entry of patient symptom data related to the particular health condition.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a visual prompt for entry of planned activity data related to the particular health condition.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to issue an alert that a medication delivery to a patient is due.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a visual prompt for entry of diet data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a prompt for entry of data relating to stress affecting a patient.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a prompt for entry of data relating to depression affecting a patient.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a recommended treatment to a patient.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the communication unit to transmit patient health condition data via a network for delivery to a health care provider.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory, the application program, the display, the communication unit, and the processor are components of a cellular phone.

13. A system for managing treatment of a particular health condition afflicting a patient, the system comprising:

a nonvolatile memory, comprising a component of a cellular phone, storing a health management application program configured to manage treatment of the particular health condition;

a display, comprising a component of a cellular phone, comprising a touch screen;

a communication unit, comprising a component of a cellular phone, configured to transmit data wirelessly; and

a processor, comprising a component of a cellular phone, connected to the display, the memory, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to access the memory to load into the processor and run the health management application program which programs the processor to;

control the display to issue an alert that a planned activity related to the particular health condition is due;

control the display to issue a visual prompt for entry of patient health condition data, including subjective patient symptom data, related to the particular health condition in a predefined drop-down list of such symptoms that may be individually selected and entered as data with the touch screen;

receive patient medication delivery data related to the particular health condition via the touch screen;

receive patient health condition data, including analyte level data with associated times at which the data was taken from a patient, and further including subjective patient symptom data with associated times at which the symptoms were experienced related to the particular health condition via the touch screen selected from the pre-defined drop-down list;

store the received patient medication delivery data in the memory along with the times associated with each of the data;

compile the stored patient medication delivery data into a data summary in which analyte levels at specific times are associated with subjective patient symptom data at the same times so that the summary shows an overall view of possible influences of subjective patient symptoms on analyte levels; and

transmit the data summary from the communication unit via a network.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the particular health condition afflicting a patient is diabetes.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to issue an alert as one of a visual alert, auditory alert, vibratory alert and any combination thereof.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a visual alert that a medication delivery is due and a visual prompt for entry of medication data, wherein the received medication data is stored in the memory and also compiled by the processor and entered into the data summary and the data summary is transmitted from the communication unit via a network for delivery to a health care provider.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a visual prompt for entry of diet data.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a prompt for entry of data relating to stress affecting a patient.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a prompt for entry of data relating to depression affecting a patient.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the health management application program further programs the processor to control the display to present a recommended treatment to a patient.