Systems, methods and devices for achieving glycemic balance
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient'"'"'s diabetes, the method comprising:
- storing one or more components of the patient'"'"'s insulin dosage regimen;
obtaining data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times;
tagging each of the blood glucose-level measurements with an identifier reflective of when or why the reading was obtained;
determining the patient'"'"'s current glycemic state relative to a desired balance point;
determining from at least one of a plurality of the data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood glucose-level measurements whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient'"'"'s present insulin dosage regimen to get closer to the patient'"'"'s desired balance point;
outputting an instruction to (1) decrease the administration of at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen if the number of hypoglycemic events exceeds a predetermined threshold or if the patient'"'"'s blood glucose level is below a first threshold blood glucose level, or (2) increase the administration of at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen if the number of hypoglycemic events is below the predetermined threshold and the patient'"'"'s blood glucose level is above a second threshold blood glucose level; and
administering at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen in accordance with the outputted instruction;
wherein the desired balance point is the patient'"'"'s lowest blood glucose-level within a predetermined range achievable before increasing the frequency of hypoglycemic events above the predetermined threshold, andwherein the predetermined threshold of hypoglycemic events is 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 110, or 120 events/year.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and/or devices for optimizing a patient'"'"'s insulin dosage regimen over time, comprising at least a first memory for storing data inputs corresponding at least to one or more components in a patient'"'"'s present insulin dosage regimen, and data inputs corresponding at least to the patient'"'"'s blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times, and a processor operatively connected to the at least first memory. The processor is programmed at least to determine from the data inputs corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient'"'"'s present insulin dosage regimen. Also disclosed are systems, methods and/or devices for treating a patient'"'"'s diabetes by providing treatment guidance, wherein the patient'"'"'s current glycemic state is determined relative to a desired balance point; and determining from at least one of a plurality of the data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood glucose-level measurements whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient'"'"'s present insulin dosage regimen to get closer to the patient'"'"'s desired balance point; wherein the desired balance point is the patient'"'"'s lowest blood glucose-level within a predetermined range achievable before increasing the frequency of hypoglycemic events above a predetermined threshold.
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1. A method for treating a patient'"'"'s diabetes, the method comprising:
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storing one or more components of the patient'"'"'s insulin dosage regimen; obtaining data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times; tagging each of the blood glucose-level measurements with an identifier reflective of when or why the reading was obtained; determining the patient'"'"'s current glycemic state relative to a desired balance point; determining from at least one of a plurality of the data corresponding to the patient'"'"'s blood glucose-level measurements whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient'"'"'s present insulin dosage regimen to get closer to the patient'"'"'s desired balance point; outputting an instruction to (1) decrease the administration of at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen if the number of hypoglycemic events exceeds a predetermined threshold or if the patient'"'"'s blood glucose level is below a first threshold blood glucose level, or (2) increase the administration of at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen if the number of hypoglycemic events is below the predetermined threshold and the patient'"'"'s blood glucose level is above a second threshold blood glucose level; and administering at least one of the one or more components of the patients insulin regimen in accordance with the outputted instruction; wherein the desired balance point is the patient'"'"'s lowest blood glucose-level within a predetermined range achievable before increasing the frequency of hypoglycemic events above the predetermined threshold, and wherein the predetermined threshold of hypoglycemic events is 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 110, or 120 events/year. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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