Wearable apparatus for continuous blood glucose monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12073075-B2
Application number	US-202015931374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2020
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Aug 27, 2024
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024

Abstract

A system, a method, and a computer program product for providing wearable continuous blood glucose monitoring. In some embodiments, there is provided a method that includes receiving, at a smartwatch, an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor; detecting, at the smartwatch, a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view providing an indication of the glucose state of the host-patient; and presenting, at the smartwatch and in response to the detecting, the glance view providing the indication of the glucose state of the host-patient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a smartwatch, an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor, the glucose state comprising a glucose value or glucose rate of change value meeting a first criteria;
detecting, at the smartwatch, in response to the alert, a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view of glucose information associated with the alert;
selecting, at the smartwatch, based on the glucose state represented by the alert, a smartwatch view from two or more smartwatch views associated with two or more different glucose states, wherein the two or more smartwatch views each provide a different set of glucose information elements;
presenting, at the smartwatch, in response to the detecting, the selected smartwatch view as the glance view; and
handing off, by the smartwatch, the glance view to another device to enable presentation of content related to the glance view at the other device, the handing off comprising indicating, to the other device, at least one of:
the selected and presented smartwatch view, or
a user interface view to present at the other device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert is received via a low power radio access transceiver at the smartwatch.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the low power radio access transceiver is configured in accordance with at least one of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, or NFC.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the alert is received from a receiver wirelessly coupled to the glucose sensor via transmitter sensor electronics.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the receiver comprises at least one of a smartphone or a tablet.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the receiver includes a continuous blood glucose application configured to interact with the smartwatch.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert is received from a remote server.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the predetermined action triggers the smartwatch to replace a home screen and/or a default user interface view with the glance view.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
triggering, at the smartwatch and in response to the detecting, a feedback comprising a haptic indicator, an audio indicator, and/or a visual indicator.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action a selection of a physical button.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined action comprises at least one of a detection of a certain wrist movement or a detection of a certain eye movement of a wearer of the smartwatch.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicating comprises sending, to the other device, an index associated with the at least one of the selected and presented smartwatch view or the user interface view to present at the other device.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a swipe pattern;
mapping the detected swipe pattern to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different swipe pattern; and
presenting, based on the detected swipe pattern, the at least one glance view.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
mapping the glucose state to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different glucose state; and
presenting, based on the glucose state, the at least one glance view.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a role of a wearer of the smartwatch;
mapping the role of the wearer to at least one of a plurality of glance views, each of which is mapped to a different role; and
wherein the glance view comprises the at least one glance view.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the glance view provides, in a single user interface view, a graphical indication of the glucose state including a rate of change of the glucose state.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a dashboard including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of host-patients, each of which having a corresponding glucose state.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting a notification bar in the glance view in response to the alert; and
detecting a user input to view the notification bar.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the notification bar includes at least one actionable selection that displays a map, displays a glucose trend chart, acknowledges the alert, or dismisses the alert.

20. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the smartwatch, a second alert representative of a second glucose state of the host-patient, the second glucose state comprising a second glucose value or second glucose rate of change value meeting a second criteria;
detecting, at the smartwatch, in response to the second alert, a second predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a second glance view of glucose information associated with the second alert;
selecting, at the smartwatch, based on the second glucose state represented by the second alert, a second smartwatch view from the two or more smartwatch views, wherein the selected second smartwatch view is different from the selected smartwatch view; and
presenting, at the smartwatch, in response to the detecting the second predetermined action, the selected second smartwatch view as the second glance view.

21. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, at the smartwatch, a selection of the glance view, wherein the smartwatch triggers the handing off in response to the selection.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicating comprises sending, by the smartwatch, a message to the other device, the message identifying the selected and presented smartwatch view.

23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicating comprises sending, by the smartwatch, a message to the other device, the message identifying the user interface view to present at the other device.

24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising presenting, at the other device, in response to the handing off, the user interface view.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the other device has a larger display area than the smartwatch and the user interface view is more detailed than the selected and presented smartwatch view.

26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor forming part of at least one computing system, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an alert representative of a glucose state of a host-patient coupled to a glucose sensor, the glucose state comprising a glucose value or glucose rate of change value meeting a first criteria;
detecting, in response to the alert, a predetermined action indicative of a request to generate a glance view of glucose information associated with the alert;
selecting, based on the glucose state represented by the alert, a smartwatch view from two or more smartwatch views associated with two or more different glucose states, wherein the two or more smartwatch views each provide a different set of glucose information elements;
presenting, in response to the detecting, the selected smartwatch view as the glance view; and
handing off the glance view to another device to enable presentation of content related to the glance view at the other device, the handing off compr

Assignees

• Dexcom Inc

Inventors

• Bhavaraju Naresh C
• Cohen Eric
• Garcia Arturo
• Koehler Katherine Yerre
• Mensinger Michael Robert
• Reihman Eli
• Smith Brian Christopher
• Hedlund Peter
• Cabrera Jr Esteban

Classifications

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F1/1684

  Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675 · CPC title

• A61B5/14503

  invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors (A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title

• A61B5/6898

  Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers · CPC title