System for determining insulin dose using carbohydrate to insulin ratio and insulin sensitivity factor
First Claim
1. An apparatus for determining factors for insulin therapy comprising:
- a memory device storing at least one data set, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; and
a processing device programmed to use an insulin sensitivity factor for the patient wherein the initial insulin sensitivity factor can be one of an estimated insulin sensitivity factor, the most recently known insulin sensitivity factor, and an initial insulin sensitivity factor, and to determine a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for the at least one data set using the insulin sensitivity factor;
wherein said processing device is programmed to determine a weighted average for a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for a selected time period using the carbohydrate to insulin ratio for each of respective data sets.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for determining a patient'"'"'s carbohydrate to insulin ratio (CIR) and insulin sensitivity factor (ISF), and using these values, along with values for current blood glucose level and deviation from target blood glucose level, for determining insulin dose in view of carbohydrate intake during a particular time period. The apparatus and method employ algorithms that can be implemented in any of a personal computer, personal data assistant, hand held computing device, blood glucose monitor, infusion pump, medication delivery pen, meter, calculator, among other therapeutic, diagnostic or informational devices used for managing a patient'"'"'s blood glucose levels.
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1. An apparatus for determining factors for insulin therapy comprising:
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a memory device storing at least one data set, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; and a processing device programmed to use an insulin sensitivity factor for the patient wherein the initial insulin sensitivity factor can be one of an estimated insulin sensitivity factor, the most recently known insulin sensitivity factor, and an initial insulin sensitivity factor, and to determine a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for the at least one data set using the insulin sensitivity factor; wherein said processing device is programmed to determine a weighted average for a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for a selected time period using the carbohydrate to insulin ratio for each of respective data sets. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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2. An apparatus for determining factors for insulin therapy comprising:
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a memory device storing at least one data set, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; and a processing device programmed to use an insulin sensitivity factor for the patient wherein the initial insulin sensitivity factor can be one of an estimated insulin sensitivity factor, the most recently known insulin sensitivity factor, and an initial insulin sensitivity factor, and to determine a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for the at least one data set using the insulin sensitivity factor; wherein said processing device is programmed to determine an insulin sensitivity factor for each data set using a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for the patient wherein the carbohydrate to insulin ratio can be an estimated carbohydrate to insulin ratio, the most recently known carbohydrate to insulin ratio, an initial carbohydrate to insulin ratio, the carbohydrate to insulin ratio determined for a data set, and a weighted average for a carbohydrate to insulin ratio for a selected time period using the carbohydrate to insulin ratio for each of respective data sets. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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5. An apparatus for determining factors for insulin therapy comprising:
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a memory device storing at least one data set in a memory device, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; and a processing device connected to the memory device and programmed to calculate a delta blood glucose level corresponding to the difference between the blood glucose readings taken, respectively, at substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of the selected period, to determine a correct insulin amount using the delta blood glucose level, an insulin sensitivity factor, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period, and to determine a plurality of daily carbohydrate to insulin ratios corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of days, the daily carbohydrate to insulin ratios each being based on the correct insulin amount and the value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period from the data set of the corresponding one of the plurality of days. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium of instructions to determine factors used for insulin therapy comprising:
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a first set of instructions to store at least one data set in a memory device, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; a second set of instructions to calculate a delta blood glucose level corresponding to the difference between the blood glucose readings taken, respectively, at substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of the selected period; and a third set of instructions to determine a correct insulin amount using the delta blood glucose level divided by an insulin sensitivity factor, and the result of the division being added to the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for determining factors used for insulin therapy comprising:
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a memory device storing at least one data set in a memory device, the data set comprising blood glucose readings for, respectively, substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of a selected period of time, a value corresponding to the patient'"'"'s food intake for the selected period, and the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period; and a processing device connected to the memory device and programmed to calculate a delta blood glucose level corresponding to the difference between the blood glucose readings taken, respectively, at substantially the beginning of and substantially the end of the selected period, and to determine a correct insulin amount using the delta blood glucose level divided by an insulin sensitivity factor, and the result of the division being added to the amount of insulin administered to the patient during the selected period. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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