Blood-Sugar Level Measuring Device

• US 20070276209A1
• Filed: 04/22/2005
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakayama, Hiroshi, Hiraga, Tetsuo, Emoto, Fumiaki, Hoshikawa, Chiyohiro
• Application Number:
  US11/547,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20070276209A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/319
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

There is provided a mobile blood-sugar level monitoring device enabling a diabetic patient to accurately and easily perform management of blood-sugar level measurement timing, management of changes in blood-sugar level, and further prediction of a future blood-sugar level. The mobile blood-sugar level monitoring device having the function to measure the blood-sugar level and manage the obtained measurement data is provided with a data arithmetic-processing unit for arithmetically processing the measurement data by a predetermined method, displaying the result of the arithmetic process, and notifying measurement-timing for the blood-sugar level and a predicted blood-sugar level to the diabetic patient.

Claims

1. A blood-sugar level monitoring device with functions to measure a blood-sugar level of an examinee and to manage obtained measurement data, the device comprising:

a monitoring unit for measuring the blood-sugar level of said examinee;

a measurement-data accumulation unit for accumulating the measured blood-sugar level as measurement data;

a data arithmetic-processing unit for arithmetically processing said measurement data;

a display device for displaying a result of said arithmetic-processing;

an output-device control-unit for controlling said display device;

a time-management unit for managing a measurement-timing for said blood-sugar level;

a control switch for controlling said monitoring unit, said measurement-data accumulation unit, said data arithmetic-processing unit, said display device, said output-device control-unit, and said time-management unit; and

an external data importing unit for importing external data on the blood-sugar level.

2. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a graph in which said measured blood-sugar level is plotted against time based on said measurement data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said graph.

3. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a graph in which said measured blood-sugar level is plotted against elapsed time from immediately after a start of a breakfast, lunch, or dinner intake based on said measurement data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said graph.

4. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 2, wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a period-changing means for changing a period of said time by said control switch.

5. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said measurement-data accumulation unit is provided with a means for changing an accumulation period of said measurement data.

6. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said external data is a target blood-sugar level set by a medical doctor.

7. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 6, wherein said display device is provided with a means for plotting said target blood-sugar level on said graph in cooperation with said data arithmetic-processing unit.

8. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a smoothed blood-sugar response curve showing a tendency of said measured blood-sugar level against time based on said measurement data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying the smoothed blood-sugar response curve on said graph.

9. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a target blood-sugar response curve showing a target blood-sugar level against time based on said measurement data or external data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said target blood-sugar response curve.

10. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 9, wherein said measurement data to be assigned comprises three measured blood-sugar levels including at least a blood-sugar level at a meal-start and a blood-sugar level at two hours after the meal-start.

11. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 9, wherein said measurement data to be assigned comprises a blood-sugar level at a meal-start, a peak blood-sugar level, a time period from the meal-start to the point when the peak blood-sugar level is obtained, and a blood-sugar level at two hours after the meal-start.

12. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 9, wherein said measurement data to be assigned comprises a blood-sugar level at a meal-start, a blood-sugar level at one hour after the meal-start, and a blood-sugar level at two hours after the meal-start.

13. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a target blood-sugar response curve showing a target blood-sugar level against time based on the measurement data accumulated in a predetermined period in the past;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said target blood-sugar response curve.

14. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for creating a target blood-sugar response curve showing a target blood-sugar level against time based on said external data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said target blood-sugar response curve.

15. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1,

wherein said data arithmetic-processing unit is provided with a means for calculating a predicted blood-sugar level after an elapse of a predetermined time period based on the measurement data accumulated in a certain time period in the past or on latest measurement data;

and

said display device is provided with a means for displaying said predicted blood-sugar level.

16. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said control switch includes a timing-input switch for inputting said measurement timing.

17. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an output unit for generating at least one selected from the group consisting of sound, vibration, and light, wherein said output-device control-unit is provided with a means for controlling said output unit.

18. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 17,

wherein said display device is provided with a means for displaying said measurement timing or a time till said measurement timing in cooperation with said time-management unit;

and

said output unit is provided with a means for warning by generating at least one selected from the group consisting of sound, vibration, and light.

19. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said display device is provided with a means for displaying a latest of said measured blood-sugar levels by blinking or as a predetermined mark.

20. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said display device is provided with a means for scrolling displayed contents in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction.

21. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said display device is provided with a means for rotating the displayed contents upside-down.

22. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said external data can be imported to said external data importing unit through wired or wireless communication.

23. The blood-sugar level monitoring device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said external data can be imported to said external data importing unit via at least one of a personal computer and a memory card.