BLOOD GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20100331651A1
• Filed: 06/29/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Groll, Henning
• Granted Patent: US 9,218,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7425 Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image geometric transforms for image registration G06T3/14; enhancement using image fusion G06T5/50; algorithms for registration of images G06T7/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/4163 checking the operation of, or calibrating, the measuring apparatus G01N27/3274, G01N27/4175 and G01N33/0006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/41 Medical
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A blood glucose management device is operable to seamlessly provide a sequence of at least two displays of data relating to one or more blood glucose measurements to a user, upon minimal user interaction, with the blood glucose management device.

Claims

1. A portable blood glucose management device, comprising:

a housing including a display and a user entry means for receiving user input;

a processor in the housing operatively connected to the display and the user entry means;

a memory connected with the processor; and

wherein the processor is operable to produce on the display a representation of a blood glucose measurement that may be stored in memory and to associate the blood glucose measurement with at least one other blood glucose measurement that may be stored in the memory, and to seamlessly produce a graphical representation on the display of the associated blood glucose measurements after producing the representation of the blood glucose measurement on the display.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to associate the blood glucose measurement with a context group including a plurality of blood glucose measurements associated with the context group in the memory, and the processor is operable to seamlessly produce on the display a sequence of a plurality of graphical representations of blood glucose measurements in the context group after producing the graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly produce on the display each of the plurality of graphical representations without user input to the user entry means.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly produce on the display advice directed to a currently displayed one of the graphical representations upon user input into the user entry means.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the advice includes an interpretation of the blood glucose measurements in the currently displayed graphical representation relative to pre-defined blood glucose limits.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the advice includes a recommended dietary change.

7. The device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of graphical representations includes xy-graphs of blood glucose measurements in the context group for at least one of a seven day and a thirty day time period.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the entry means includes at least two buttons located adjacent to the display, and further wherein the processor is operable to assign a function to each of the at least two buttons and produce the assigned functions on the display, wherein the assigned functions depend on the graphical representation being currently produced on the display.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly produce the graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements on the display automatically after the display of the representation of the blood glucose measurement for a period of time.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly produce the graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements on the display upon a single user input to the user entry means during the display of the representation of the blood glucose measurement.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the user entry means includes at least two buttons, and the single user input consists of one press of one button of the user entry means.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the user entry means include a summary measurement data request and the processor is further operable to process a plurality of blood glucose measurements stored in a corresponding one of a plurality of context groups in the memory and seamlessly produce on the display a sequence of graphical representations of summary measurement data of the blood glucose measurements in each of the context groups.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the context groups for which summary measurement data is seamlessly displayed include at least two or more of a fasting context group, a prandial context group, an exercise context group, a pre-sleep context group, an episodic testing context group, a pre-office visit context group, a glucose tolerance context group, an Average Daily Risk Ratio context group, and a predicted HbA1c context group.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly display the sequence of graphical representations by automatically displaying a next graphical representation in the sequence after displaying a current graphical representation for a period of time.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a test strip port formed in the housing for receiving a test strip, wherein the blood glucose measurement comprises the result from a measurement performed on a blood sample provided to a test strip received within the test strip port, the processor being operable to perform said measurement and to store the blood glucose measurement in the memory.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a data communications port in the housing, wherein the blood glucose measurement comprises a measurement result transferred from a second device and through the communications port, the processor being operable to receive the transferred result and to store the result in the memory as the blood glucose measurement.

17. A portable blood glucose management device, comprising:

a housing including a display and a user entry means for receiving user input;

a processor in the housing operatively connected to the display and the user entry means and a memory;

wherein the processor is operable to associate a plurality of blood glucose measurements that may be stored in the memory with a respective one of a number of context groups of blood glucose measurements that may be stored in the memory, the processor further being operable to seamlessly and sequentially produce on the display a plurality of graphical representations, wherein each of the plurality of graphical representations is directed to blood glucose measurements in a different context group.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the device further comprises a test strip port formed in the housing for receiving a test strip, wherein at least one of the plurality of blood glucose measurements comprises a current blood glucose measurement determined from a measurement performed on a blood sample provided to a test strip received within the test strip port, the processor being operable to perform said measurement and to store the current blood glucose measurement in the memory.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor is operable to produce on the display a representations of the current blood glucose measurement and associate the current blood glucose measurement with at least one blood glucose measurement in one of the number of context groups of blood glucose measurements stored in the memory, the processor further being operable to seamlessly produce on the display a graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements after displaying the current blood glucose measurement.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein the device further comprises a data communications port in the housing, wherein at least one of the plurality of blood glucose measurements comprises a measurement result transferred from a second device and through the communications port, the processor being operable to receive the transferred result and to store the result in the memory.

21. The device of claim 17, wherein the entry means include a summary measurement data request and the processor is operable to seamlessly and sequentially produce on the display the graphical representation of each context group of blood glucose measurements upon a single user input to the summary measurement data request.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the context groups for which summary measurement data is seamlessly produced include at least two or more of a fasting context group, a prandial context group, an exercise context group, a pre-sleep context group, an episodic testing context group, a pre-office visit context group, a glucose tolerance context group, an Average Daily Risk Ratio context group, and a predicted HbA1c context group.

23. The device of claim 21, wherein the processor is operable to seamlessly produce the display of the sequence of graphical representations by automatically displaying a next graphical representation after displaying a current graphical representation for a period of time.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the processor is operable to display the next graphical representation without user input to the user entry means.

25. The device of claim 24, wherein processor is operable to selectively pause and resume the seamless and sequential display of the graphical representations upon user input to the user entry means.

26. A method for displaying blood glucose measurements, comprising:

inputting a blood glucose measurement into a blood glucose management device;

displaying the blood glucose measurement on the blood glucose management device;

associating the blood glucose measurement with at least one other blood glucose measurement stored in the blood glucose management device; and

seamlessly displaying a graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements on the blood glucose management device after displaying the blood glucose measurement.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

associating the blood glucose measurement with at least one context group of a plurality of blood glucose measurements stored in the blood glucose management device; and

seamlessly displaying a sequence of a plurality of graphical representations of blood glucose measurements in the at least one context group on the blood glucose management device after displaying the graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising seamlessly displaying a sequence of a plurality of graphical representations of blood glucose measurements in a plurality of context groups of blood glucose measurements stored in the blood glucose management device.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the context groups are segregated based on a time of day of the blood glucose measurements associated therewith.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein seamlessly displaying the graphical representation occurs upon a single user interaction with a user entry means of the blood glucose management device.

31. The method of claim 26, wherein seamlessly displaying the graphical representation occurs automatically after a period of time of displaying the blood glucose measurement and without any user interaction with a user entry means of the blood glucose management device.

32. The method of claim 26, further comprising assigning and displaying at least two functions to user entry means of the blood glucose management device while seamlessly displaying the graphical representation of the associated blood glucose measurements.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein one of the at least two functions provides an input to seamlessly display advice regarding the associated blood glucose measurements and the other of the at least two functions provides an input to seamlessly display a second graphical representation of the blood glucose measurement with an associated context group that includes a plurality of blood glucose measurements over time stored in the blood glucose management device.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the advice includes at least one of an interpretation of the blood glucose measurements relative to pre-defined blood glucose limits and a recommended dietary change.

35. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

storing a plurality of blood glucose measurements in the blood glucose management device;

associating each of the plurality of blood glucose measurements with at least one of a number of context groups stored in the blood glucose management device; and

seamlessly displaying on the blood glucose management device a sequence of at least one graphical representation of each of the number of context groups with its associated blood glucose measurements upon input to the blood glucose management device of a request for summary measurement data.

36. The method of claim 35, further comprising automatically displaying the graphical representation of a next one of the context groups after a current graphical representation is displayed for a period of time.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein seamlessly displaying the sequence of at least one graphical representation of each context group consists of pressing a button on the blood glucose management device.