Meter having post-meal test-time alarm

• US 10,885,766 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2020
• Issued: 01/05/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Power, Barry D., Culver, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nagpaul, Jyoti
• Application Number:
  US16/736,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20200143662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 364 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method for using a meter and a meter (10) adapted to determine an analyte concentration reading, the meter comprising a display (12) adapted to display information to a user of the meter, the display including information directed to a post-meal test-time alarm (22″) that is adapted to remind the user to obtain a post-meal analyte concentration reading, and at least one user input mechanism (15) adapted to allow the user to activate the post-meal test-time alarm.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information to a user, the method comprising:

providing a device including a display and a memory device;

displaying an analyte concentration reading on the display;

displaying an icon representing a pre-event marker on the display;

in response to a selection of the icon representing a pre-event marker being received by the device to mark that the analyte concentration displayed on the display is a pre-event analyte concentration, displaying an icon representing a post event test-time alarm on the display;

determining whether a user input to deactivate the post-event test-time alarm has been received; and

in response to a determination that the post-event test-time alarm remains activated, automatically triggering the post-event test-time alarm after a predetermined amount of time to remind the user to obtain a post-event analyte concentration reading.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the post-event analyte concentration reading in the memory device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyte is glucose.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is a meal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the predetermined amount of time is about 1½

to about 2½

hours from the displaying of the analyte concentration reading on the display.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the triggering of the post-event test-lime alarm occurs about two hours after a meal.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the icon representing the pre-event marker is a food icon.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the food icon is an apple.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is exercise, medication, fasting, illness, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm is a clock icon.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising, receiving, via a user input mechanism, a selection of the icon representing a pre-event marker to mark the analyte concentration as a pre-event analyte concentration.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a meter.

13. A method for displaying information to a user, the method comprising:

providing a device including a display and a memory device;

displaying an analyte concentration reading on the display;

displaying an icon representing a pre-event marker on the display;

identifying the analyte concentration as a pre-event analyte concentration reading via selection of the icon representing a pre-event marker;

in response to the identification of the pre-event analyte concentration reading, displaying an icon representing a post-event test-time alarm on the display;

determining whether a user input to deactivate the post-event test-time alarm has been received; and

in response to a determination that the post-event test-time alarm remains activated, triggering the post-event test-time alarm after a predetermined amount of time to remind the user to obtain a post-event analyte concentration reading.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing the pre-event analyte concentration reading and the post-event analyte concentration reading in the memory device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the analyte is glucose.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the event is a meal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the predetermined amount of time is about 1½

to about 2½

hours from the displaying of the analyte concentration reading on the display.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the triggering the post-event test-time alarm occurs about two hours after a meal.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the icon representing the pre-event marker is a food icon.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the food icon is an apple.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the icon representing a post-meal test-time alarm is a clock icon.

22. The method of claim 13, Wherein the device is a meter.