Two way short message service (SMS)-enabled blood glucose meter and related communications systems and methods

• US 9,348,971 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2012
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ERP Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: ERP Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Nawy, Robert, Havens, Daniel W., Fortier, Richard Jacques
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Huy C
• Application Number:
  US13/661,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20130109417A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system and method for two way short message service (SMS)-enabled BGM and related communications is presented. The method includes receiving, by a processing device integrated with a blood glucose meter (BGM), a first short message service (SMS) message comprising a question, presenting the question at the BGM, receiving a response to the question, translating the response to the question into a second SMS message, translating blood glucose measurement information into a third SMS message, the blood glucose measurement information received from a test of a user by the BGM, and transmitting the second and third SMS messages to a receiver.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device integrated with a blood glucose meter (BGM), a first short message service (SMS) message comprising a question;

presenting the question at the BGM;

receiving a response to the question;

translating the response to the question into a second SMS message;

translating blood glucose measurement information and control solution measurement information into a third SMS message, the blood glucose measurement information comprising a first measurement received from a test of a blood sample of a user by the BGM, and the control solution measurement information comprising a second measurement received from a test of a non-blood standard liquid medium solution by the BGM for calibration of blood glucose measurement accuracy of the BGM; and

transmitting the second and third SMS messages to a receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the third SMS message comprises information about a date of the test, a time of the test, and a measured blood glucose level measured by the test at the BGM.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the question comprises at least one of a confirmation of personal information about the user, a request to change a frequency of the test of the user by the BGM, a request to perform an operation at the BGM, administration of the BGM, maintenance of the BGM, provisioning function of the BGM, or a request for the BGM to transmit the control solution measurement information.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying the question on a visible screen integrated with the BGM.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third SMS message further comprises an error message.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

translating the first SMS message into a digital audio broadcasting format.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a question from a communication device of a medical provider, the question received via a secure connection between the processing device and the communication device of the medical provider;

translating the question into a first short message service (SMS) message;

transmitting the first SMS message to a receiving device integrated in a blood glucose meter (BGM);

receiving, from a transmitting device integrated in the BGM, a second SMS message comprising a response to the question;

receiving, from the transmitting device integrated in the BGM, a third SMS message comprising;

blood glucose measurement information comprising a first measurement received from a test of a blood sample of a user by the BGM; and

control solution measurement information comprising a second measurement received from a test of a non-blood standard liquid medium solution by the BGM for calibration of blood glucose measurement accuracy of the BGM;

translating the second and third SMS messages into a format that is compliant with the secure connection; and

transmitting, via the secure connection, the second and third SMS messages to the communication device of the medical provider.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third SMS message comprises information about a date of the test, a time of the test, and a measured blood glucose level measured by the test at the BGM.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the question comprises at least one of a confirmation of information about the user, a request to change a frequency of the test of the user by the BGM, a request to perform an operation at the BGM, administration of the BGM, maintenance of the BGM, provisioning function of the BGM, or a request for the BGM to transmit the control solution measurement information.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the processing device via the secure connection, BGM class information from the communication device of the medical provider, the BGM class information comprising a group of BGMs associated with a group of patients.

11. A system comprising:

a memory;

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory; and

a blood glucose data management program (BGDMP) executable from the memory by the processing device, the BGDMP configured to;

receive a first short message service (SMS) message comprising a question;

present the question;

receive a response to the question;

translate the response to the question into a second SMS message;

translate blood glucose measurement information and control solution measurement information into a third SMS message, the blood glucose measurement information comprising a first measurement received from a test of a blood sample of a user by a blood glucose meter (BGM), and the control solution measurement information comprising a second measurement received from a test of a non-blood standard liquid medium solution by the BGM for calibration of blood glucose measurement accuracy of the BGM; and

transmit the second and third SMS messages to a receiver.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the third SMS message comprises information about a date of the test, a time of the test, and a measured blood glucose level measured by the test at the BGM.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the question comprises at least one of a confirmation of information about the user, a request to change a frequency of the test of the user by the BGM, a request to perform an operation at the BGM, administration of the BGM, maintenance of the BGM, provisioning function of the BGM, or a request for the BGM to transmit the control solution measurement information.

14. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

display the question on a visible screen integrated with the BGM.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the third SMS message further comprises an error message.

16. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

translate the first SMS message into a digital audio broadcasting format.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising data that, when executed by a processing device, causes the processing device to:

receive, by a processing device, a question from a communication device of a medical provider, the question received via a secure connection between the processing device and the communication device of the medical provider;

translate the question into a first short message service (SMS) message;

transmit the first SMS message to a receiving device integrated in a blood glucose meter (BGM);

receive, from a transmitting device integrated in the BGM, a second SMS message comprising a response to the question;

receive, from the transmitting device integrated in the BGM, a third SMS message comprising;

blood glucose measurement information comprising a first measurement received from a test of a blood sample of a user by the BGM; and

control solution measurement information comprising a second measurement received from a test of a non-blood standard liquid medium solution by the BGM for calibration of blood glucose measurement accuracy of the BGM;

translate the second and third SMS messages into a format that is compliant with the secure connection; and

transmit, via the secure connection, the second and third SMS messages to the communication device of the medical provider.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the third SMS message comprises information about a date of the test, a time of the test, and a measured blood glucose level measured by the test at the BGM.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the question comprises at least one of a confirmation of information about the user, a request to change a frequency of the test of the user by the BGM, a request to perform an operation at the BGM, administration of the BGM, maintenance of the BGM, provisioning function of the BGM, or a request for the BGM to transmit the control solution measurement information.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, further to:

receive, by the processing device via the secure connection, BGM class information from the communication device of the medical provider, the BGM class information comprising a group of BGMs associated with a group of patients.