GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PERTAINING TO A BOLUS CALCULATOR RESIDING ON A HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE

• US 20130172707A1
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Galley, Paul J., Mears, Mark G., Pash, Phillip E., Rizzo, Vincent R., Steiner, Bettina, Westerfield, Kristin M., Wilson, Richard W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,136,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0295 Strip shaped analyte sensors for apparatus classified in A61B5/145 or A61B5/157 disposable multilayered or laminated electrodes G01N27/307; details of handling chemical test elements G01N33/4875
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/35 Communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/0421 Controlled or regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/66 involving blood sugars, e.g. galactose
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/02 Reducing interference from electric apparatus by means located at or near the interfering apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 : at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 : Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 : Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

A handheld diabetes manager is presented with an improved graphical user interface for a bolus calculator. The bolus calculator is configured to receive blood glucose measurements from a blood glucose measurement module and operates, in response to an input, to compute an insulin recommendation for a patient based in part on the blood glucose measurements. The graphical user interface for the bolus calculator includes a health adjustment screen that enables a user to input a value for health events associated with the insulin recommendation, where the input value represents a cumulative effect of the health events on insulin of the patient and the health adjustment screen presents a different icon for each of the health events associated with the insulin recommendation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining a bolus recommendation which accounts for multiple health events, comprising:

receiving, by a bolus calculator, indicia for one or more health events to be associated with a request for an insulin recommendation, the bolus calculator implemented by a computer processor of a handheld diabetes management device;

receiving, by the bolus calculator, a request for an insulin recommendation for a patient;

determining, by the bolus calculator, how many health events are associated with the request for an insulin recommendation;

prompting, by the bolus calculator, the user for an input for the health events associated with the insulin recommendation, where the prompting is in response to a determination that two or more health events are associated with the request for an insulin recommendation and the input represents a cumulative effect of the health events on the insulin on the patient;

receiving, by the bolus calculator, an input value from the user in response to the prompting; and

computing, by the bolus calculator, an insulin recommendation for the patient using the input value.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises computing an insulin recommendation for the patient without prompting for an adjustment value and in response to a determination that only one health event is associated with the request for an insulin recommendation.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein prompting input of an adjustment further comprises presenting a health adjustment graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the handheld diabetes management device, the health adjustment GUI having a different icon for each of the health events associated with the insulin recommendation.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjustment value is further defined as a percentage such that a value for the insulin recommendation is adjusted in accordance with the percentage.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprises

receiving a blood glucose measure from a patient;

initiating a countdown timer in response to the receipt of the blood glucose measure;

enabling an insulin recommendation function of the bolus calculator during the countdown timer; and

disabling the insulin recommendation function of the bolus calculator upon expiration of the countdown timer.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprises displaying the countdown timer on one or more graphical user interfaces associated with the bolus calculator.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprises presenting the insulin recommendation on a graphical user interface of a display of the handheld diabetes management device, the insulin recommendation including a correction amount, a meal amount and a total amount of insulin, where the correction amount is intended to lower a patient'"'"'s blood glucose level to a target value, the meal amount is intended to compensate for carbohydrates consumed by the patient and the total amount is equal to a sum of the correction amount and the meal amount.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprises

receiving, from the user via the GUI, an adjustment value for the total amount of insulin;

determining, by the bolus calculator, a difference between an initial value for the total amount of insulin and the adjustment value for the total amount of insulin;

adjusting, by the bolus calculator, the correction amount by the difference when the adjustment value exceeds the initial value for the total amount of insulin; and

presenting, by the bolus calculator, the insulin recommendation on the GUI, including the adjusted correction amount and the adjusted value for the total amount of insulin.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprises:

receiving, from the user via the GUI, an adjustment value for the total amount of insulin;

determining, by the bolus calculator, a difference between an initial value for the total amount of insulin and the adjustment value for the total amount of insulin;

adjusting, by the bolus calculator, the meal amount by the difference when the adjustment value is less than the initial value for the total amount of insulin; and

presenting, by the bolus calculator, the insulin recommendation on the GUI, including the adjusted meal amount and the adjusted value for the total amount of insulin.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprises:

adjusting, by the bolus calculator, the correction amount by the difference when the adjustment is less than the initial value for the total amount of insulin and the meal amount is zero.

11. A computer-implemented method for determining a bolus recommendation which accounts for multiple health events using a handheld diabetes management device, comprising:

receiving a blood glucose measure from a blood glucose measurement module of the handheld diabetes management device;

initiating, by a bolus calculator, a countdown timer in response to the receipt of the blood glucose measure, the bolus calculator implemented by a computer processor of a handheld diabetes management device;

displaying, by the bolus calculator, the countdown timer on a graphical user interface associated with the bolus calculator;

receiving, by a bolus calculator, indicia for one or more health events to be associated with a request for an insulin recommendation;

receiving, by the bolus calculator, a request for an insulin recommendation for a patient;

determining, by the bolus calculator, how many health events are associated with the request for an insulin recommendation;

presenting, by the bolus calculator, a health adjustment screen on a display of the handheld diabetes management device in response to a determination that two or more health events are associated with the request for an insulin recommendation, the health adjustment screen having a different icon for each of the health events associated with the insulin recommendation

receiving, via the health adjustment screen, an input value for the health events, the input represents a cumulative effect of the health events on the insulin on the patient; and

computing, by the bolus calculator, an insulin recommendation for the patient using the input value.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprises computing an insulin recommendation for the patient without prompting for an adjustment value and in response to a determination that only one health event is associated with the request for an insulin recommendation.

13. A handheld diabetes manager having an improved graphical user interface for a bolus calculator, comprising:

a port configured to receive a test strip having a reaction site for receiving a sample of blood from a patient;

a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port to measure glucose in a sample of blood residing on the test strip;

a bolus calculator module configured to receive blood glucose measurements from the blood glucose measurement module and operates, in response to an input, to compute an insulin recommendation for a patient based in part on the blood glucose measurements, the bolus calculator is implemented by a computer processor of the handheld diabetes management device; and

a user interface module in data communication with the bolus calculator module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a health adjustment screen that enables a user to input a value for health events associated with the insulin recommendation, where the input value represents a cumulative effect of the health events on insulin of the patient and the health adjustment screen presents a different icon for each of the health events associated with the insulin recommendation.

14. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 13 wherein the bolus calculator module is configured to receive indicia for one or more health events to be associated with an insulin recommendation.

15. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 14 wherein the bolus calculator module is configured to receive a request for an insulin recommendation and operable, in response to the request, to determine how many health events are associated with the request and prompt a user for the input value using the health adjustment screen.

16. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 15 wherein the bolus calculator module is operable, in response to the receipt of the input value, to compute an insulin recommendation using the input value.

17. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 15 wherein the bolus calculator module is operable, in response to a determination that only one health event is associated with the request, to computer an insulin recommendation without prompting the user for the input value.

18. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 15 wherein the bolus calculator module is operable, in response to the receipt of the blood glucose measure, initiate a countdown timer and display the countdown timer on the graphical user interface.

19. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 15 wherein the bolus calculator module enables an insulin recommendation during the countdown timer and disables an insulin recommendation upon expiration of the countdown timer.

20. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 16 wherein the bolus calculator module presents the insulin recommendation on the graphical user interface, such that the insulin recommendation includes a correction amount, a meal amount and a total amount of insulin, where the correction amount is intended to lower a patient'"'"'s blood glucose level to a target value, the meal amount is intended to compensate for carbohydrates consumed by the patient and the total amount is equal to a sum of the correction amount and the meal amount.

21. The handheld diabetes manager of claim 20 wherein the bolus calculator module is configured to receive an adjustment value for the total amount of insulin and operable to determine a difference between an initial value for the total amount of insulin and the adjustment value for the total amount of insulin, adjust the correction amount by the difference;

and present the insulin recommendation on the graphical user interface, including the adjusted correction amount and the adjusted value for the total amount of insulin.