Systems and methods for remote and host monitoring communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399721-B2
Application number	US-201615377821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2016
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

Systems and methods for remote and host monitoring communication are disclosed. In some implementations, monitoring systems can comprise a host monitoring device associated with a Host communicatively coupled to one or more remote monitoring devices associated with Remote Monitors. The host monitoring device can send communications based at least in part on analyte measurements of a Host sensor and/or other contextual data giving such measurements context. Different remote monitoring devices can receive different communications based at least in part on the role of the respective Remote Monitors relative to the Host. These roles can be reflected in classifications of Remote Monitors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for remote monitoring of a subject's health data by authorized monitors, comprising:
receiving, at a secure server, data associated with an analyte state of a host from a host device operable to receive sensor data from a transcutaneous continuous analyte sensor worn by the host;
identifying at least two remote monitoring devices authorized to receive a notification of an event associated with the analyte state of the host based on notification rules that define circumstances under which the notification should be sent to a respective remote monitoring device of the at least two remote monitoring devices, wherein the at least two remote monitoring devices are authorized by the secure server to access permissible data of the received data based on a set of permissions for each of the at least two remote monitoring devices, wherein the set of permissions indicate what portion of the received data is permissible data for each of the at least two authorized remote monitoring devices, and wherein the set of permissions for each of the at least two remote monitoring devices is different;
receiving, at the secure server, contextual data associated with each remote monitor user operating a respective remote monitoring device of the at least two remote monitoring devices, the contextual data indicating at least one of a time, an amount, or a type of at least one of (i) a level of stress experienced by each remote monitor user determined based on one or more of blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, or heart rate data measured by a device associated with each remote monitor user, wherein the level of stress is one of acute, episodic acute, emotional, chronic, high stress, medium stress, low stress, no stress, anxiety, or panic attack, or (ii) an environmental condition experienced by each remote monitor user including at least one of weather, humidity, pressure, or temperature, wherein each remote monitor user is not the host;
processing, at the secure server, the contextual data associated with the remote monitor user operating one of the at least two remote monitoring devices to determine an ability or inability of the remote monitor user operating the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices to react to the notification
wherein if the remote monitor user operating the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices is determined to be able to react to the notification, then:
generating, at the secure server, the notification based on the received data, wherein a content of the notification is modified based on the set of permissions for the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices and the contextual data associated with the remote monitor user operating the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices; and
providing, by the secure server, the notification to the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices, wherein the notification includes the permissible data for the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices;

wherein if the remote monitor user operating the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices is determined to be unable to react to the notification, then:
generating, at the secure server, the notification based on the received data, wherein the content of the notification is modified based on the set of permissions for another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices and the contextual data associated with the remote monitor user operating the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices; and
providing, by the secure server, the notification to the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices, wherein the notification includes the permissible data for the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification includes an alert informative of the analyte state of the host exceeding a predetermined analyte concentration threshold or a predetermined rate of concentration change threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further includes:
providing, at the secure server, a communication to the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices indicating that the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices is unable to react to alerts.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the permissible data includes (i) retrospective sensor data, (ii) real time sensor data, and (iii) a trend in the rate of change of the analyte state of the host.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyte state includes a glucose level.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the notification should be modified based on the contextual information;
modifying the notification; and
providing the modified notification to the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices or the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices in addition to or in lieu of the notification.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, at the secure server, contextual information relating to the host with the notification, the contextual information relating to the host including a time, an amount, and/or a type of (i) a medicament taken by the host, (ii) a food or a drink ingested by the host, (iii) an exercise or an activity undertaken by the host, (iv) a level of stress experienced by the host, or (v) an environmental condition experienced by the host, or a combination of (i)-(v) thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, at the secure server, a plurality of classifications based on the set of permissions, the plurality of classifications including a first classification and a second classification of the at least two remote monitoring devices authorized to access permissible data, wherein classifications of the at least two remote monitoring devices designate a hierarchy to provide communications based on the notification rules.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising assigning, at the secure server, each of the at least two remote monitoring devices to one of the plurality of classifications, wherein the second classification includes one or both of (i) greater restrictions to the permissible data than that of the first classification, and (ii) more restrictive notification rules than the first classification, wherein a classification of the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices indicates that the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices is authorized to access the permissible data of the received data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising modifying the classification of the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices or the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices based on the contextual data associated with the remote monitor user operating the one of the at least two remote monitoring devices or the another one of the at least two remote monitoring devices.

11. A continuous analyte sensor system, comprising:
a continuous analyte sensor device worn by a host comprising a transcutaneous continuous analyte sensor to detect signals associated with an analyte state of the host, and a sensor electronics module to perform at least some processing of the signals to generate sensor data and to transmit the sensor data to a host device associated with the host;

the host device, comprising:
a memory storing executable instructions;
a processor in data communication with the memory and configured to execute instructions to perform at least some processing of the sensor data received from the sensor electronics module to produce data associated with an analyte state of the host; and
a secure server in communication with

Assignees

• Dexcom Inc

Inventors

• Mahalingam Aarthi
• Cabrera Jr Esteban
• Dattaray Basab
• Draeger Rian
• Dunn Laura J
• Escobar Derek James
• Hall Thomas
• Hampapuram Hari
• Kamath Apurv Ullas
• Koehler Katherine Yerre
• Mayou Phil
• Mensinger Michael Robert
• Moore Michael Levozier
• Pal Andrew Attila
• Polytaridis Nicholas
• Reihman Eli
• Smith Brian Christopher

Classifications

• A61B2505/07

  Home care · CPC title

• A61B5/0004

  characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• A61B5/0022

  Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet · CPC title

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title