Diabetes manager for glucose testing and continuous glucose monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9504411-B2
Application number	US-201213596124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	Aug 28, 2012
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A handheld diabetes management device for managing blood glucose test data and continuous glucose monitoring data includes a port configured to receive a test strip, a wireless transceiver, a communications processor, and a user interface processor. The communications processor communicates with the wireless transceiver to periodically collect glucose measurement data from a continuous glucose monitoring device and to store the glucose measurement data in a first data storage module. The communications processor is operable to consume electrical power at a first rate. The user interface processor communicates with the communication processor to receive the glucose measurement data and operable to display the glucose measurement data on the device. The communications processor operates asynchronously from operation of the user interface processor to collect the glucose measurement data and the user interface processor operates to consume electrical power at a second rate that is higher than the first rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A handheld diabetes management device for managing blood glucose test data and continuous glucose monitoring data, comprising:
a port residing in the handheld diabetes management device and configured to receive a test strip;
a wireless transceiver;
a communications processor cooperatively operable with the wireless transceiver to periodically collect glucose measurement data from a continuous glucose monitoring device and to store the glucose measurement data in a first data storage module, the communications processor being operable to consume electrical power at a first rate; and
a user interface processor in data communication with the communication processor, wherein the user interface processor operates in an active mode to retrieve and process the glucose measurement data from the communication processor and operates in a low power mode asynchronously from the communications processor;
wherein the communication processor detects a trigger condition and, in response to the trigger condition, wakes up the user interface processor from the low power mode to the active mode, such that the user interface processor consumes electrical power in the active mode at a higher rate than the first rate and the user interface processor consumes electrical power in the low power mode at a lower rate than the first rate.

2. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface processor controls blood glucose measurements from the test strip and the communications processor performs calibration using the blood glucose measurements.

3. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface processor includes a second data storage module that receives glucose measurement data from the first storage module and the received data are deleted from the first data storage module.

4. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor has a timer that operates to activate the communications processor to retrieve the continuous glucose monitoring data.

5. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein when a test strip is inserted in the port, the communication processor operates to turn the transceiver off.

6. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor wakes up the user interface processor from a sleep mode when safety warnings are active and a warning threshold is crossed.

7. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor wakes up the user interface processor from a sleep mode when safety warnings are active and calibration is recommended.

8. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor wakes up the user interface processor from a sleep mode when safety warnings are active and a communication error is detected in the transceiver or communications processor.

9. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor wakes up the user interface processor from a sleep mode when safety warnings are active and communication with continuous glucose monitoring device is lost.

10. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the communications processor does not wake up the user interface processor from a sleep mode when safety warnings are not active and any of the following events is detected:
recommendation to calibrate; a communication error in the transceiver or communications processor; and a non-zero status indicative of error from the continuous glucose monitoring device.

11. The diabetes management device of claim 10 , wherein the communications processor stores the detected event and notifies the user interface processor when the user interface processor is in active mode.

12. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface processor sends time offsets and time block limits to the communications processor and the communications processor applies the time offsets and time block limits to the data from the continuous glucose monitoring device.

13. The diabetes management device of claim 1 , wherein the interface processor initiates pairing with the continuous glucose monitoring device that has been in communication with a different diabetes management device and directs the communications processor to retrieve data from the continuous glucose monitoring device for storage in the user interface processor.

Assignees

• Engelhardt Timothy P
• Frisch Gerhard
• Reinke Robert E
• Schmidt Wilfried
• Schoemaker Michael
• Wittmann Uwe
• Roche Diabetes Care Inc

Inventors

• Engelhardt Timothy P
• Frisch Gerhard
• Reinke Robert E
• Schmidt Wilfried
• Schoemaker Michael
• Wittmann Uwe

Classifications

• A61B5/683

  Means for maintaining contact with the body (A61B5/6802 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2560/0209

  adapted for power saving · CPC title

• A61B5/742

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

• A61B2560/0223

  of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors · CPC title

• A61B5/14532 Primary

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