Multi-state engagement with continuous glucose monitoring systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11696706-B2
Application number	US-202017114211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2020
Priority date	Dec 16, 2019
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

Multi-state engagement with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems is described. Given the number of people that wear CGM systems and because CGM systems produce measurements continuously, a platform that provides a CGM system may have an enormous amount of data. This amount of data is practically, if not actually, impossible for humans to process. In implementations, a CGM platform includes a data analytics platform that obtains packages of glucose measurements provided by a CGM system and also obtains additional data associated with a user. The data analytics platform generates state information for the user by processing these CGM packages and the additional data, at least in part, by using one or more models. Based on this state information, the data analytics platform controls communication with the user, which may include generating intervention strategies to prevent users from transitioning to a negative state such as discontinuing use of the CGM system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
obtaining continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) packages generated by a computing device based on glucose measurements provided by a CGM system worn by a user;
obtaining additional data associated with the user, the additional data obtained from one or more sources different from the CGM system;
generating one or more models based on historical CGM packages and historical additional data of a user population using one or more machine learning techniques;
generating state information for the user by processing the CGM packages and the additional data, in part, using the one or more models, the state information including at least a current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system; and
controlling communication with the user based on the state information, including sending notifications or messages to the computing device.

2. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system identified using the one or more models includes both a current role of the user and a current stage of a plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system.

3. The method as described in claim 2 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system includes one of an active use stage, an erratic use stage, or a discontinued use stage.

4. The method as described in claim 2 , wherein the generating the state information further comprises generating probabilities that the user is in each of the plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system, and wherein the current state is identified as the stage with the highest probability.

5. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the generating the state information further comprises generating a transition probability that the user transitions from the current state to a new state by processing the CGM packages and the additional data using the one or more models.

6. The method as described in claim 5 , wherein the generating the state information further comprises determining one or more driving factors as likely to drive the transition of the user from the current state to the new state by processing the CGM packages and the additional data using the one or more models.

7. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the CGM packages include the glucose measurements and characteristics of the glucose measurements, and the additional data describes characteristics of receipt by a CGM platform of the CGM package data.

8. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the additional data comprises one or more of third party data, physiological data, socioeconomic data, attitudinal data, behavioral data, purchase history data, complaint data, or payment data.

9. A system comprising:
a storage device configured to maintain at least continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) packages generated by a computing device based on glucose measurements provided by a CGM system worn by a user and additional data associated with the user; and
a multi-state engagement system including a processor configured to:
generate one or more models based on historical CGM packages and historical additional data of a user population using one or more machine learning techniques;
generate state information for the user by processing the CGM packages and the additional data, in part, using the one or more models, the state information including at least a current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system; and
control communication with the user based on the state information, including send notifications or messages to the computing device.

10. The system as described in claim 9 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system identified using the one or more models includes both a current role of the user and a current stage of a plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system.

11. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system includes one of an active use stage, an erratic use stage, or a discontinued use stage.

12. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the multi-state engagement system is further configured to generate the state information by generating probabilities that the user is in each of the plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system, and wherein the current state is identified as the stage with the highest probability.

13. The system as described in claim 9 , wherein the multi-state engagement system is further configured to generate the state information by generating a transition probability that the user transitions from the current state to a new state by processing the CGM packages and the additional data using the one or more models.

14. The system as described in claim 13 , wherein the multi-state engagement system is further configured to generate the state information by determining one or more driving factors as likely to drive the transition of the user from the current state to the new state by processing the CGM packages and the additional data using the one or more models.

15. The system as described in claim 9 , wherein the CGM packages include the glucose measurements and characteristics of the glucose measurements, and the additional data describes characteristics of receipt by a CGM platform of the CGM package data.

16. The system as described in claim 9 , wherein the additional data comprises one or more of third party data, physiological data, socioeconomic data, attitudinal data, behavioral data, purchase history data, complaint data, or payment data.

17. One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) packages generated by a computing device based on glucose measurements provided by a CGM system worn by a user;
obtaining additional data associated with the user, the additional data obtained from one or more sources different from the CGM system;
generating one or more models based on historical CGM packages and historical additional data of a user population using one or more machine learning techniques;
generating state information for the user by processing the CGM packages and the additional data, in part, using the one or more models, the state information including at least a current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system; and
controlling communication with the user based on the state information, including sending notifications or messages to the computing device.

18. The one or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 17 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system identified using the one or more models includes both a current role of the user and a current stage of a plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 18 , wherein the current state of engagement of the user with the CGM system includes one of an active use stage, an erratic use stage, or a discontinued use stage.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage media as described in claim 18 , wherein the generating the state information further comprises generating probabilities that the user is in each of the plurality of stages of interaction with the CGM system, and wherein the current state is identified as the stage with the highest probability.

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Assignees

• Dexcom Inc

Inventors

• Parker Andrew Scott
• Jimenez Annika Emilie Kristina
• Patterson Chad
• Pai Subrai Girish
• Kamath Apurv Ullas

Classifications

• A61B5/0004

  characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted · CPC title

• A61B5/167

  Personality evaluation · CPC title

• G16H50/30

  for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment · CPC title

• A61B5/4842

  Monitoring progression or stage of a disease · CPC title

• A61B5/14532 Primary

  for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement · CPC title