User interface for medical system comprising diary function with time change feature

• US 8,395,581 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Original Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Inventors: Kristensen, Johnny, Geert-Jensen, Anders, Grskov, Henning, Smedegaard, Jrgen, Witt, Marianne Lindgard
• Primary Examiner(s): Sirmons, Kevin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): CARPENTER, WILLIAM R
• Application Number:
  US12/517,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20100069890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 604/890.1, 368/10, 368/1, 368/21, 368/22, 368/89, 368/107, 345/156
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention provides a device for displaying information, comprising display means adapted to graphically display information as a function of time for a given period of time, and input means for changing the time from a first time setting to a second time setting, thereby generating an end of time value for the first setting and a start of time value for the second time setting. The display means is controlled to display a first and a second view, the first view displaying, for the given period of time, information corresponding to the first time setting until the end of time value, the second view displaying, for the given period of time, information corresponding to the second time setting from the start of time value. In the first view the period between the end of time value and the end of the given period is indicated as not comprising information as a function of time, and in the second view the period between the beginning of the given period and the start of time value is indicated as not comprising information as a function of time. By this arrangement a user interface is provided reducing the likelihood that graphically displayed information is misinterpreted in case of a time change event.

Claims

1. A drug delivery system comprising:

a device for displaying information, the device comprising;

storage means for storing information of at least one type,

time keeping means adapted to be set to a given time-setting,

a display adapted to graphically display information as a function of time for a given period of time,

a processor adapted to control the display, and

an input device, wherein the input device is adapted to;

change a set time-setting from a first time-setting to a second time-setting,

wherein the processor is adapted to;

(a) generate a first time stamp in the form of an end-of-time value for the first time setting when the set time is changed from a from a first time-setting to a second time-setting, and

(b) generate a second time stamp in the form of a start-of-time value for the second time setting when the set time is changed from a from a first time-setting to a second time-setting, and

wherein the processor is adapted to control the display to;

(c) for the given period of time, and corresponding to the first time setting, graphically display a first view comprising;

(i) a first portion displaying information of a given type as a function of time until the end-of-time value, and

(ii) a second portion displaying no information of the given type from the end-of-time value, and

(d) for the given period of time, and corresponding to the second time setting, graphically display a second view comprising;

(i) a first portion displaying no information of the given type for the time until the start-of-time value, and

(ii) a second portion displaying information of the given type as a function of time from the start-of-time value;

a reservoir adapted to contain a drug,

an expelling assembly adapted for cooperation with the reservoir to expel drug out of the reservoir, and

at least one processor adapted to control the expelling device in accordance with a programmed infusion profile.

2. A system as in claim 1, comprising a delivery unit in which the reservoir and the expelling assembly are arranged, and a control unit comprising the display and input device, the delivery and control units being adapted to communicate with each other.

3. A system as in claim 1, comprising a delivery unit in which the reservoir and the expelling assembly are arranged, the delivery unit further comprising the display and user input means.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein the input device is user input device allowing a user to:

select a given period of time.

5. A system as in claim 4, wherein the user input device allows the user to:

select between a first view and a second view.

6. A system as in claim 4, wherein the processor is adapted to store data organized as data units, each data unit comprising:

(i) time data,

(ii) type data,

(iii) information data, and

wherein the user input means allows the user to select a given data type to be displayed.

7. A system as in claim 1, wherein the display is adapted to graphically display a number of sub-periods for the given period of time.

8. A system as in claim 7, wherein the given period is a week and the sub-period is a day or a part thereof, the first view displaying the sub-period comprising the end-of-time value, the second view displaying the sub-period comprising the start-of-time value.

9. A system as in claim 7, wherein the given period is a day and the sub-period is an hour or a part thereof, the first view displaying the sub-period comprising the end of time value, the second view displaying the sub-period comprising the start of time value.

10. A system as in claim 1, wherein the display is adapted to display information as a graph.

11. A system as in claim 1, wherein the display is adapted to display information as discrete events.

12. A system as in claim 1, wherein the display, for a period comprising no information as a function of time for a given type of data, comprises a symbol indicating that a change of time-setting has taken place.