Continuous glucose monitoring system
AssigneeAbbott Diabetes Care Inc.
InventorsMark Sloan, Marc B. Taub, Gary A. Hayter, Wesley Scott Harper, Erwin S. Budiman, Charles Wei
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Abstract
Methods and systems for delaying alarms that include detecting an analyte level using an analyte sensor; and delaying the annunciation of an analyte alarm after the analyte level crosses an analyte threshold, wherein the delay is based on one or both of (1) a magnitude of difference between the analyte level and the analyte threshold and (2) a duration of time in which the analyte level has crossed the analyte threshold.
Claims30
A continuous glucose monitoring system comprising:
- a glucose monitoring medical device configured to be coupled externally to a body of a user, the glucose monitoring medical device comprising:
- a glucose sensor configured for implantation into the body of the user and for detecting a glucose level of the user,
- a processor, and
- a wireless communication unit communicatively coupled with and configured to wirelessly communicate with an electronic device of the system;
- and
- an electronic device comprising:
- a processor,
- a wireless communication unit communicatively coupled with and configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless communication unit of the glucose monitoring medical device, and
- a memory operably coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a measurement of the glucose level of the user from the glucose monitoring medical device;
- determine that the glucose level of the user has crossed a glucose threshold associated with a glucose alarm;
- delay an initial output of the glucose alarm by the electronic device for a delay time, wherein the delay time comprises a duration of time after the determination that the glucose level has crossed the glucose threshold;
- and
- cause the initial output of the glucose alarm after the delay time if the glucose level exceeds the glucose threshold throughout the delay time.
A method of delaying output of a glucose alarm in a continuous glucose monitoring system, the method comprising:
- detecting, by one or more processors of an electronic device and using a glucose sensor of a glucose monitoring medical device, a glucose level of a user, wherein the electronic device is communicatively coupled with the glucose monitoring medical device, the glucose monitoring medical device is configured to be coupled externally to a body of the user, and the glucose sensor is configured for implantation into the body of the user;
- determining, by the one or more processors, that the glucose level of the user has crossed a glucose threshold associated with the glucose alarm;
- delaying, by the one or more processors, an initial output of the glucose alarm for a delay time, wherein the delay time comprises a duration of time after the determination that the glucose level has crossed the glucose threshold;
- and
- causing, by the one or more processors, the initial output of the glucose alarm after the delay time if the glucose level exceeds the glucose threshold throughout the delay time.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, are configured to cause the one or more processors to:
- detect, using a glucose sensor of a glucose monitoring medical device, a glucose level of a user, wherein the electronic device is communicatively coupled with the glucose monitoring medical device, the glucose monitoring medical device is configured to be coupled externally to a body of the user, and the glucose sensor is configured for implantation into the body of the user;
- determine that the glucose level of the user has crossed a glucose threshold associated with the glucose alarm;
- delay an initial output of the glucose alarm for a delay time, wherein the delay time comprises a duration of time after the determination that the glucose level has crossed the glucose threshold;
- and
- cause the initial output of the glucose alarm after the delay time if the glucose level exceeds the glucose threshold throughout the delay time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.