Handheld diabetes management device having testing in pairs blood glucose test
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) blood glucose (bG) test using a handheld diabetes management device carried by a user, the method comprising:
- using a processing subsystem to implement a software module for managing the TIPs test, the software module controlling the generation of a plurality of predetermined acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events;
using the processing system to generate an initial reminder to the user of the device to announce a beginning of a particular one of the acceptance time windows;
using the processing system to process an input indicating user'"'"'s intent to enter a bG measure, the input being received in response to the initial reminder;
using the processing system to determine whether the user has provided bG measure, the determination in response to receiving the input and occurring in a predefined amount of time from the receipt of the input;
using the processing system to generate another reminder to the user to enter a bG measure in response to a determination that a bG measure was not received in the time since the initial reminder was generated;
using the processing system to identify related pairs of accepted bG test values from a plurality of bG test values read by the device obtained during said predetermined bG acceptance time windows corresponding to user defined events;
using the processing subsystem to store the related pairs of accepted bG test values in a database;
using the processing subsystem to conclude the TIPs test when a predetermined number of related pairs of accepted bG test values have been stored in the database; and
using the processing subsystem to retrieve and use the related pairs of accepted bG test values stored in the database in providing results of the TIPs test.
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Abstract
A method for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) blood glucose (bG) test using a handheld diabetes management device carried by a user. A processing subsystem of the device implements a software module for managing the TIPs test. The software module generates a plurality of predetermined acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events. The processing subsystem can identify specific ones of a plurality of bG test values read by the device that are obtained during the predetermined bG acceptance time windows, and which are identified as being related pairs of accepted bG test values that correspond to specific ones of the user defined events. The related pairs of accepted bG test values can then be stored in a database.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) blood glucose (bG) test using a handheld diabetes management device carried by a user, the method comprising:
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using a processing subsystem to implement a software module for managing the TIPs test, the software module controlling the generation of a plurality of predetermined acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events; using the processing system to generate an initial reminder to the user of the device to announce a beginning of a particular one of the acceptance time windows; using the processing system to process an input indicating user'"'"'s intent to enter a bG measure, the input being received in response to the initial reminder; using the processing system to determine whether the user has provided bG measure, the determination in response to receiving the input and occurring in a predefined amount of time from the receipt of the input; using the processing system to generate another reminder to the user to enter a bG measure in response to a determination that a bG measure was not received in the time since the initial reminder was generated; using the processing system to identify related pairs of accepted bG test values from a plurality of bG test values read by the device obtained during said predetermined bG acceptance time windows corresponding to user defined events; using the processing subsystem to store the related pairs of accepted bG test values in a database; using the processing subsystem to conclude the TIPs test when a predetermined number of related pairs of accepted bG test values have been stored in the database; and using the processing subsystem to retrieve and use the related pairs of accepted bG test values stored in the database in providing results of the TIPs test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) blood glucose (bG) test using a handheld diabetes management device carried by a user, the method comprising:
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using a processing subsystem to implement a software module for managing the TIPs test, the software module controlling the generation of a plurality of predetermined bG acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events; using a color touchscreen display of the device, which is in communication with the processing subsystem, to enable a user to configure the device to implement the predetermined bG acceptance time windows, to mark bG test values read by the device as preprandial or postprandial bG test values, and to display results of the TIPs test; using the processing subsystem to provide a reminder to the user during each one of the predetermined bG acceptance time windows, to perform a bG test and to provide a bG test value for the purpose of carrying out the TIPs test; using the processing system to process an input indicating user'"'"'s intent to enter a bG measure, the input being received in response to the initial reminder; using the processing system to determine whether the user has provided bG measure, the determination in response to receiving the input and occurring in a predefined amount of time from the receipt of the input; using the processing system to generate another reminder to the user to enter a bG measure in response to a determination that a bG measure was not received in the time since the initial reminder was generated; using the processing system to identify related pairs of accepted bG test values from a plurality of bG test values read by the device obtained during said predetermined bG acceptance time windows corresponding to user defined events, and where the user defined events include a Breakfast event, a Lunch event, a Dinner event, a Low bG event;
a High bG event and an exercise event;using the processing subsystem to store the related pairs of bG test values in a database; using the processing subsystem to conclude the TIPs test when a predetermined number of related pairs of accepted bG test values have been stored in the database; and using the processing subsystem to retrieve and use the related pairs of accepted bG test values stored in the database and to display the results of the TIPs test to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A handheld diabetes management device for monitoring and recording blood glucose (bG) levels of a user, the device comprising:
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a port for receiving a bG test strip input by a user; a bG analyzer for reading the bG test strip and generating a bG test value; a software module for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) bG test using the device; a processing subsystem responsive to an output from the bG analyzer, the processing subsystem further operating to run software module, the software module controlling the generation of a plurality of predetermined acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events programmed into the software module by the user; the processing system further adapted to identify related pairs of accepted bG test values from a plurality of bG test values read by the device obtained during said predetermined bG acceptance time windows corresponding to user defined events; the processing system further adapted to generate an initial reminder to the user of the device to announce a beginning of a particular one of the acceptance time windows and to process an input indicating user'"'"'s intent to enter a bG measure, the input being received in response to the initial reminder; the processing system further adapted to determine whether the user has provided bG measure, the determination in response to receiving the input and occurring in a predefined amount of time from the receipt of the input, and generate another reminder to the user to enter a bG measure in response to a determination that a bG measure was not received in the time since the initial reminder was generated; a database in communication with the processing subsystem for storing the related pairs of accepted bG test values. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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