Handheld diabetes manager with a user interface for displaying a status of an external medical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9252870-B2
Application number	US-201213661082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2012
Priority date	Dec 29, 2011
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A handheld diabetes manager has a graphical user interface for displaying status of an external medical device and includes a port configured to receive a test strip and a blood glucose measurement module. The diabetes manager includes a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device to receive status data pertaining to the operation of the external medical device, and a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module. The graphical user interface includes a status screen that presents data pertaining to a glucose measure determined by the blood glucose measurement module concurrently with the status data received from the external medical device, such that the status data of the external medical device is presented on the status screen only when the communication module is in data communication with the external medical device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diabetes management system having a handheld diabetes manager communicating with an external medical device configured to perform bolus operations, which is separate from the handheld diabetes manager, the handheld diabetes manager comprising:
a port configured to receive a test strip, wherein the test strip receives a blood sample from a user;
a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with the test strip inserted in the port and determining a glucose measurement based on the blood sample disposed on the test strip;
a communications module selectively communicating with the external medical device via a wireless data link, wherein the communications module receives status data from the external medical device, the status data pertains to the operation of the external medical device;
a display; and
a user interface module programmed to display a graphical user interface on the display, the user interface module programmed to exchange data with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module, wherein the user interface module is programmed to display and receive inputs from the user via the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface includes a status screen, and a first cancel bolus screen, a second cancel bolus screen, wherein
the status screen presents data pertaining to the glucose measurement determined by the blood glucose measurement module concurrently with the status data received from the external medical device, the user interface module controls the status screen such that the status data of the external medical device is presented on the status screen only when the communication module is in data communication with the external medical device; and
the status screen includes a cancel bolus button that is operable by the user to cancel one or more bolus operation to be performed by the external medical device;
the user interface module, in response to the cancel bolus button being pressed, is programmed to determine a number of bolus operations to be performed by the external medical device from the status data and displays one of the first cancel bolus screen and the second cancel bolus screen, the user interface module is further programmed to presents the first cancel bolus screen in response to a determination that one bolus operation is to be performed, and presents the second cancel bolus screen in response to a determination that more than one bolus operation is to be performed; and
the first cancel bolus screen requests confirmation to cancel the one bolus operation and the second bolus screen presents the more than one bolus operation with a highest priority running bolus operation from among the more than one bolus operations displayed at, wherein the user interface model is implemented by computer readable instructions executed by a processor residing on the handheld diabetes manager.

2. The diabetes management system of claim 1 , wherein the status screen displays a blood glucose result from a most recent blood glucose test and time information regarding when the blood glucose test was completed.

3. The diabetes management system of claim 2 , wherein the status screen displays a warning when a lower or upper threshold of the most recent blood glucose test is exceeded.

4. The diabetes management system of claim 1 further includes an external medical device and the external medical device is an insulin pump.

5. The diabetes management system of claim 4 , wherein when the insulin pump is paired with the diabetes manager and the insulin pump is running, the status screen displays a pump running icon.

6. The diabetes management system of claim 4 , wherein when the insulin pump is paired with the diabetes manager and the insulin pump is stopped, the status screen displays a pump stop icon.

7. The diabetes management system of claim 4 , wherein when the insulin pump is paired with the diabetes manager and the insulin pump is paused, the status screen displays a pump pause icon.

8. The diabetes management system of claim 4 , wherein when the insulin pump is paired and communicating with the diabetes manager and the insulin pump is delivering basal insulin, the status screen displays a basal information bar with a basal icon, basal profile, basal rate value and units.

Assignees

• Roche Diabetes Care Inc

Inventors

• Mears Mark G
• Nierzwick Mark
• Pash Phillip E
• Rizzo Vincent R
• Steiner Bettina
• Westerfield Kristin M

Classifications

• A61M2205/3592

  using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission · CPC title

• H04W84/20

  Leader-follower arrangements · CPC title

• A61B5/14532

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

• F04C2270/0421

  Controlled or regulated · CPC title

• A61M5/1723

  using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure (measurement of body parameters A61B5/00) · CPC title