System and method for monitoring and controlling the glycemic state of a patient
First Claim
1. A system for at least one of predicting the onset of, and determining the presence of, hypoglycemia in a patient, comprising:
- an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s ECG;
an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s EEG;
first signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level;
second signal processing means for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level;
means for providing a response to modify the patient'"'"'s blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level.
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Abstract
Information derived from ECG signals and EEG signals may be employed in combination to reliably predict the onset, or to indicate the presence of, hypoglycemia in a human patient. In one embodiment, ECG and EEG signals are processed and the information derived from them is combined to determine whether a patient suffering from diabetes is undergoing a hypoglycemic event, or whether such an event is imminent. Input data from the patient or a health care provider may also be used to increase the accuracy and reliability of the system. Detection of a hypoglycemic event by the system can result in the output of an alarm signal and/or the delivery or administration of a beneficial agent such as insulin, glucagon or diazoxide to the patient. The system may be implantable, external, or a combination of external and implantable components. The control strategy of the present system is preferably microprocessor based and/or implemented using dedicated electronics. In another embodiment, the glycemic state of the patient is continuously or relatively continuously monitored and controlled by the system. The system may contain any of a number of different types of feedback control systems for monitoring the glycemic state of a patient and controlling same, such as fuzzy logic systems, adaptive systems, reinforcement learning systems, and the like.
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1. A system for at least one of predicting the onset of, and determining the presence of, hypoglycemia in a patient, comprising:
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an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s ECG;
an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s EEG;
first signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level;
second signal processing means for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level;
means for providing a response to modify the patient'"'"'s blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for monitoring a glycemic state of a patient and controlling the glycemic state of the patient, comprising:
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an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s ECG;
an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s EEG;
first signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level;
second signal processing means for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level;
means for providing a response to modify the patient'"'"'s blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patent'"'"'s future glucose level. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system for at least one of predicting the onset of, and determining the presence of, hypoglycemia in a patient, comprising:
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an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s ECG;
an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient'"'"'s EEG;
signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level and for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level;
means for providing a response to modify the patient'"'"'s blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patient'"'"'s future glucose level. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A system for determining insulin need of a diabetic patient, comprising
ECG sensing means for sensing the patient'"'"'s ECG and deriving therefrom an indication of patient current blood insulin level, EEG sensing means for sensing the patient'"'"'s EEG and deriving therefrom an indication of patient future blood glucose level; -
processing means for determining at least one of patient insulin need and patient glucose need as a function of said indication of patient current blood insulin level and said indication of patient future blood glucose level, and response means for outputting an indication of at least one of said determined patient insulin need and said determined blood glucose need that includes both patent current need and patient future need. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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