Prandial blood glucose excursion optimization method via computation of time-varying optimal insulin profiles and system thereof
First Claim
1. A method of operating an electronic device to compute an optimal insulin infusion profile which is used as a postprandial blood glucose control for a specific patient/meal combination, said method comprising:
- providing a pre-meal measurement of blood glucose concentration to the electronic device;
providing a meal intake comprising size and composition of a meal to be consumed by a patient to the electronic device;
providing pre-meal history of insulin infusion to the electronic device,providing a chosen insulin infusion pattern for the postprandial blood glucose control which defines a target blood glucose trace to the electronic device;
providing a model having model parameters which are predetermined for the specific patient/meal combination to the electronic device, wherein said model parameters describe a relationship between the infused insulin, the meal intake and the blood glucose concentration of the specific patient/meal combination which values differs from other patient/meal combinations and define a predicted blood glucose trace for specific patient/meal combination;
computing automatically on the electronic device the optimal insulin infusion profile for the meal intake before an amount of insulin is delivered by optimizing the chosen insulin infusion pattern via minimizing an objective function which defines a relationship between the target blood glucose trace and the predicted blood glucose trace for the specific patient/meal combination, wherein the value of the objective function will be lower for an insulin profile which represents the best postprandial blood glucose control for the specific patient/meal combination, and said minimizing resulting in the optimal insulin infusion profile; and
providing, via the electronic device, the optimal insulin infusion profile for the meal intake.
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Abstract
A method and system for optimizing post prandial blood glucose excursions for persons with diabetes via computation of time-varying optimal insulin profiles are disclosed. The method builds upon a mathematical model based on the physiologic description of the human glucoregulatory system. Model parameter values are specific for each patient and meal type, and are determined from measured data by minimizing differences between both measurements and model predictions, and which are used to provide the optimal insulin profiles that are useful to diabetics in managing their chronic disease.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating an electronic device to compute an optimal insulin infusion profile which is used as a postprandial blood glucose control for a specific patient/meal combination, said method comprising:
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providing a pre-meal measurement of blood glucose concentration to the electronic device; providing a meal intake comprising size and composition of a meal to be consumed by a patient to the electronic device; providing pre-meal history of insulin infusion to the electronic device, providing a chosen insulin infusion pattern for the postprandial blood glucose control which defines a target blood glucose trace to the electronic device; providing a model having model parameters which are predetermined for the specific patient/meal combination to the electronic device, wherein said model parameters describe a relationship between the infused insulin, the meal intake and the blood glucose concentration of the specific patient/meal combination which values differs from other patient/meal combinations and define a predicted blood glucose trace for specific patient/meal combination; computing automatically on the electronic device the optimal insulin infusion profile for the meal intake before an amount of insulin is delivered by optimizing the chosen insulin infusion pattern via minimizing an objective function which defines a relationship between the target blood glucose trace and the predicted blood glucose trace for the specific patient/meal combination, wherein the value of the objective function will be lower for an insulin profile which represents the best postprandial blood glucose control for the specific patient/meal combination, and said minimizing resulting in the optimal insulin infusion profile; and providing, via the electronic device, the optimal insulin infusion profile for the meal intake. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A system which provides an optimal insulin infusion profile useful as a postprandial blood glucose control for a specific patient/meal combination, said system comprising:
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an input device configured to receive information about a pre-meal measurement of blood glucose concentration, and a meal intake comprising size and composition of a meal to be consumed; a memory which contains additional information about a pre-meal history of insulin infusion, a chosen insulin infusion pattern for the postprandial blood glucose control which defines a target blood glucose trace, and a dynamical minimal model having model parameters which are predetermined for the patient/meal combination and describe a relationship between the infused insulin, the meal intake and the blood glucose concentration of the specific patient/meal combination which values differs from other patient/meal combinations and define a predicted blood glucose trace for specific patient/meal combination; a processor programmed to use the received information and the additional information to compute automatically the optimal insulin infusion profile for the meal intake before an amount of insulin is delivered by optimizing the chosen insulin infusion pattern via minimizing an objective function which defines a relationship between the target blood glucose trace and the predicted blood glucose trace for the specific patient/meal combination, wherein the value of the objective function will be lower for an insulin profile which represents the best postprandial blood glucose control for the specific patient/meal combination, and wherein said minimizing of the objective function results in the optimal insulin infusion profile; and a display configured to display the optimal insulin infusion profile.
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