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Handheld diabetes manager with a flight mode

  • US 9,264,129 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2012
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A diabetes management system including a handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device and the external medical device being physically separated from the handheld diabetes manager, the handheld diabetes manager comprising:

  • a port formed in a housing of the handheld diabetes manager and configured to receive a test strip;

    a blood glucose measurement module residing in the housing and cooperatively operable with the test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;

    a display integrated into the housing;

    a user interface module programmed to generate a graphical user interface on the display, wherein the graphical user interface includes a selector for enabling or disabling a flight mode and the user interface module is implemented by computer readable instructions executed by a processor in the handheld diabetes manager;

    a communication module configured to selectively communicate via a wireless data link with the external medical device, wherein the communication module is powered on by the user interface module in response to an indicator from the user interface module that the flight mode is disabled and is powered down by the user interface module in response to an indicator from the user interface module that the flight mode is enabled; and

    wherein the communication module is further configured to determine whether the handheld diabetes manager is paired with the external medical device and, in response to the indicator that the flight mode is enabled and a determination that the diabetes manager is paired with the external medical device, sends a flight mode command via the wireless data link to the external medical device, where the flight mode command includes a time interval after which the external medical device can resume communication with the diabetes manager.

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