Automatic user-specific spot BG measuring routine based on user continuous BG measurements

• US 9,703,930 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2011
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Amann-Zalan, Ildiko, Trauth, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN
• Application Number:
  US13/234,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20120245446A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,125 Days
• Field of Search: 600345, 600347, 600365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A method and data processing device for automatically generating a user-specific measuring data recording routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device in a data processing device. The method comprises the steps of providing of process data indicating an expected continuous course of the blood glucose value of a user, in the calculation unit based on blood glucose measuring values from continuous blood glucose measurement, generating of user-specific measuring routine data, which indicate a measuring routine with user-specific measuring events for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose meter taking into account the process data by means of the calculation unit, and providing of the user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission.

Claims

1. A method of automatically generating a user-specific measuring data recording routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device in a data processing device, which has a data input interface, a storage device, a calculation unit and a data output interface, comprising the following steps:

receiving, by the calculation unit, influencing parameter data derived from continuous blood glucose measurements of a blood glucose meter;

processing, by the calculation unit, the influencing parameter data to generate process data indicating an expected continuous course of a blood glucose value of a user;

analyzing, by the calculation unit, the process data;

determining, by the calculation unit, one or more periods in the process data within which the blood glucose values are expected to change;

setting, by the calculation unit, two or more measurement points based on the one or more periods determined;

generating, by the calculation unit, a user-specific measuring routine data that indicates a measuring routine with user-specific measuring events for discontinuous blood glucose measurement based on the two or more measurement points set, wherein the two or more measurement points define the user-specific measuring events and the user-specific measuring events are times at which a blood glucose measurement is scheduled to be taken by the user; and

providing, by the calculation unit, user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission, where the calculation unit is implemented by computer executable instructions executed by a computer processor.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising,

receiving, at the data input interface, influencing parameter data indicating properties of one or more influencing parameters of relevance to the blood glucose value of the user, wherein the user-specific measuring routine data is also determined based on the influencing parameter.

3. The method as in claim 2, wherein the influencing parameter data indicate properties of one or more influencing parameters selected from the group consisting of, dependency of the blood glucose value on the time of day, type of food, food intake, type of medication, medication use, person-specific influencing parameters, age, weight, body mass index, physical activity, stress, co-morbidity, and acute illness.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are generated in the blood glucose measuring device or are transferred to the blood glucose measuring device via the data output interface.

5. The method as in claim 4, wherein the method further comprises,

generating control data for a measuring mode of the blood glucose measuring device using the user-specific measuring routine data in the blood glucose measuring device;

and

controlling measuring mode of the blood glucose measuring device in accordance with the control data.

6. The method as in claim 4 wherein the blood glucose measuring device blood glucose values for the user are recorded and assigned to the user-specific measuring routine data and/or control data.

7. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are outputted by means of a data outputting device time-delayed with a temporal measuring routine and with the user-specific measuring events.

8. The method as in claim 1 wherein the user-specific measuring routine data are generated with weighting information which assigns a weighting to the user-specific measuring events of the measuring routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement.

9. The method as in claim 1 wherein during generating the user-specific measuring routine data the process data are analyzed in order to determine further periods for which an essentially constant course of the blood sugar value is expected in order to derive measurement-free periods for the discontinuous blood glucose measurement.

10. The method as in claim 1 further comprising,

a computer readable media including program instructions which when executed by a processor using software cause the processor to perform the steps of generating user-specific measuring routine data and providing the user-specific measuring routine data to the data output interface for data transmission.

11. A data processing device for generating a user-specific measuring data routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device, comprising:

a data input interface;

a storage device;

a calculation unit configured to generate a user-specific measuring routine data indicating a user-specific measuring routine for discontinuous blood glucose measurement with a blood glucose measuring device based on process data that includes blood glucose measuring values of a continuous blood glucose measurement in which a blood glucose value of the user is continuously taken such that a blood glucose level of the user is recorded over an entire day, wherein the calculation unit analyzes the process data and determines one or more periods in the process data within which the blood glucose measuring values of the continuous blood glucose measurement are expected to change and sets one or more measurement points based on the one or more periods determined, the one or more measurement points define the user-specific measuring events and the user-specific measuring events are times at which a blood glucose measurement is scheduled to be taken by the user; and

a data output interface configured to transmit the user-specific measuring routine data, where the calculation unit and the data output interface are implemented by computer executable instructions executed by a computer processor of the data processing device.

12. The data processing device as in claim 11 wherein the data processing device is a blood glucose meter.

13. A method for generating a discontinuous blood glucose measurement routine by a data processing device, the method comprising:

retrieving, by a calculation unit of a blood glucose measuring device, measuring routine data for a measuring routine, where the measuring routine specifies a plurality of measuring events and each measuring event defines a time at which a discontinuous blood glucose measurement is to be taken with a blood glucose meter,

receiving, by the calculation unit of the blood glucose measuring device, a time series of blood glucose measurement values from a continuous blood glucose measurement routine in which the blood glucose value of a user is continuously taken by the blood glucose measurement device, wherein the calculation unit is implemented as computer executable instructions executed by a computer processor of the data processing device;

identifying, by the calculation unit of the blood glucose measuring device, a period of time in the time series of blood glucose measurement values, where the blood glucose values of the user change during the identified time period;

determining, by the calculation unit of the blood glucose measuring device, a user-specific time at which a blood glucose measure is to be taken based on the identified time period

generating, by the calculation unit of the blood glucose measuring device, a user-specific measuring event using the user-specific time at which a blood glucose measure is taken;

updating, by the calculation unit of the blood glucose measuring device, the measuring routine with the user-specific measuring event to form a user-specific measuring routine, wherein the user-specific measuring routine includes the plurality of measuring events and the user-specific measuring event; and

transmitting, by a data processing device, the user-specific measuring routine to the blood glucose measurement device.