SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH DATA

• US 20080301158A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG (PHC Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Jun, Gofman, Igor, Brown, Darren, Sun, Hoi-Cheong Steve, Kates, Richard, Ripley, Paul M., Yao, Raymond, Lieber, Harris, Stefkovic, Gregory, Li, Qiong, Wu, Mu, Yao, Simin, Harris, Steven B., Inman, Paul L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,618,967 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A portable data-management system may be easily employed with multiple processing devices by eliminating the need to pre-install additional programs, agents, device drivers, or other software components on the hosts. A portable storage device contains software for a data-management application, which receives and processes test data from a meter that measures an analyte. The portable device may employ an interface protocol that makes the portable device immediately compatible with different operating systems and hardware configurations. Once the portable device is connected to the host, the data-management application can be automatically launched. The convenience and portability of a data-management system may be enhanced by integrating advanced data processing and display features with the portable device. The users may access some advanced presentations of health data without having to launch the data-management application on a separate host.

Claims

1. A system for managing health data, comprising:

a data storage system storing health data, data-management software, and an initialization program, the initialization program launching the data-management software on a processing device and the data-management software processing the health data on the processing device; and

a data communications interface providing data communications between the data storage system and the processing device,

wherein, upon establishment of the data communications between the data storage system and the processing device, the initialization program launches the data-management software on the processing device without requiring prior installation, on the processing device, of an additional program component associated with the data-management software.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage system includes at least one of a USB flash drive and a memory card.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage system is configured according to a memory map indicating security levels for areas of memory in the data storage system, the security levels determining access to data stored in the areas of memory.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage system includes a first memory device storing the data-management software and the initialization program, and a second memory device storing the health data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first memory device is an EEPROM and the second memory device is a flash memory.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data-check system validating data to be stored in the data storage system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data-management software processes the health data without permanently storing the data on the processing device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data-management software removes any data on the processing device associated with the data-management software before ending execution.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data-management software closes when the data communications between the data portable device and the processing device is terminated.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is compatible with an interface protocol configuration allowing data communication to be established between the data storage system and the processing device, and the initialization program reconfigures the data storage system to a software configuration specific to the data-management software allowing the data-management software to be launched on the processing device, the software configuration being different from the interface protocol configuration.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the interface protocol configuration is a USB mass portable device (MSD) configuration.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the data communications interface includes at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a secure digital (SD) interface, and a radio frequency (RF) link.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, or a smart cellular phone.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the data communications interface further provides data communications between the data storage system and a blood glucose meter.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein The system of claim 1, wherein the data communications interface further provides data communications between the data storage system and a printer, and wherein (i) the data storage system provides a ready-to-print file from the health data and sends the ready to print file to the printer, or (ii) the printer receives, formats, and prints the health data from the data storage system.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the health data includes analyte data, temperature data, blood pressure data, heart rate data, breathing data or weight data.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the health data includes blood-glucose data.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is one of a plurality of types of processing devices that are compatible with the data communications interface.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising a measurement system determining health data from an individual for storage in the data storage system.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the measurement system, the data storage device system, and the data communications interface are integrated with a housing.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a user interface integrated with the housing, the user interface operable to display the health data.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a local processor and local software integrated with the housing, the local processor processing the health data to be displayed via the user interface.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein one processing device is designated as a base station of the data storage system, wherein additional features of the data-management software are enabled when the data storage system detects it is connected to the base station.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the additional features include a download of all health data in the storage device to the base station or a launching of a master version of the data management software.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein a security component controls access by the processing device to the health data in the data storage system.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the security component prompts a user for authentication information and validates the authentication information when the processing device attempts to access the health data.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the security component establishes a trusted system by requiring the processing device to be registered with the data storage system.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the processing device requires the data storage system to be registered and a two-way authentication is established.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the security component encrypts the health data on the data storage system during transmission to the processing device.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein the security component restricts access to the health data to the data-management software.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the security component restricts access to the health data in the data storage system according to data type.

32. The system of claim 25, wherein the health data is encrypted and the data-management software is required to decrypt the data.

33. A system for managing health data, comprising:

a portable device including data-management software that processes health data, the portable device having a first software configuration corresponding to an interface protocol and a second software configuration specific to the data-management software; and

a processing device connected to the portable device, wherein upon connection between the portable device and the processing device, the processing device communicates with the portable device according to the interface protocol, and after the portable device is reconfigured from the first configuration to the second configuration, the processing device executes the data management software.

34. The system according to claim 33, wherein the portable device includes an initialization program, and upon connection between the storage device and the processing device, the initialization program is executed and reconfigures the portable device from the first configuration to the second configuration.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein the interface protocol corresponds to a universal serial bus (USB) and the first configuration is a USB mass portable device (MSD) configuration.

36. The system according to claim 33, wherein the portable device and the processing device are connected via a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a secure digital interface, or a radio frequency (RF) link.

37. The system of claim 33, wherein the processing device is a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, or a smart cellular phone.

38. The system of claim 33, wherein the data-management software processes the health data without permanently storing the data on the processing device.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the data-management software removes any data on the processing device associated with the data-management software before ending execution.

40. The system according to claim 33, wherein the data-management software closes when the data communications between the data portable device and the processing device is terminated.

41. A method for managing health data, comprising:

establishing, for a first time, data communications between a data storage system to a processing device via a data communications interface, the data storage system storing health data, data-management software, and an initialization program;

executing, on the processing device, the initialization program upon establishment of the data communications between the data storage system and the processing device, without requiring prior installation, on the processing device, of an additional program component associated with the data-management software;

launching, with the initialization program, the data-management software on the processing device; and

processing the health data on the processing device with the data-management software.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein processing the health data on the processing device comprises processing the health data without permanently storing the data on the processing device.

43. The method of claim 41, further comprising removing any data on the processing device associated with the data-management software before termination of the act of processing the health data.

44. The method according to claim 41, further comprising terminating the act of processing the health data when the data communications between the data portable device and the processing device is terminated.

45. The method of claim 41, wherein the processing device is compatible with an interface protocol configuration allowing data communication to be established between the data storage system and the processing device, and the act of executing the initialization program comprises reconfiguring the data storage system to a software configuration specific to the data-management software, the software configuration being different from the interface protocol configuration.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the interface protocol configuration is a USB mass portable device (MSD) configuration.

47. The method of claim 41, wherein the data communications interface includes at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a secure digital (SD) interface, and a radio frequency (RF) link.

48. The method of claim 41, wherein the processing device is a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, or a smart cellular phone.

49. The method of claim 41, further comprising controlling access by the processing device to the health data in the data storage system.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises prompting a user for authentication information and validating the authentication information when the processing device attempts to access the health data.

51. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises establishing a trusted system by requiring the processing device to be registered with the data storage system.

52. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises requiring the data storage system to be registered and a two-way authentication is established.

53. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises encrypting the health data on the data storage system during transmission to the processing device.

54. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises restricting access to the health data to the data-management software.

55. The method of claim 49, wherein controlling access comprises restricting access to the health data in the data storage system according to data type.

56. The method of claim 49, further comprising encrypting the health data is encrypted and controlling access comprises requiring the data-management software to decrypt the data.

58. The method of claim 42, further comprising launching an initialization program from the portable device upon detection of the connection, wherein the portable device is reconfigured by the initialization program.

59. The method of claim 42, further comprising receiving, by the portable device, the health data from a measurement system.

60. The method of claim 42, wherein the interface protocol corresponds to one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a secure digital interface, and a radio frequency (RF) link.

57. A method for managing health data, comprising:

detecting a connection between a portable device and a processing device, the portable device containing data-management software processing health data and having a first software configuration corresponding to an interface protocol, wherein upon connection between the portable device and the processing device, the processing device communicates with the portable device according to the interface protocol;

reconfiguring the portable device from the first configuration to a second configuration specific to the software; and

launching the software from the reconfigured portable device.

61. A system for managing health data, comprising:

a first device that stores health data, data-management software, and an initialization program;

a second device that processes the health data with the data-management software; and

a data communications interface providing data communications between the first device and the second device,

wherein upon establishment of the data communications between the data storage system and the processing device, the initialization program launches the data-management software on the processing device without requiring prior installation, on the processing device, of an additional program component associated with the data-management software.