Insulin pump for determining carbohydrate consumption
AssigneeTandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorMichael L. Blomquist
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Abstract
Methods of regulating blood glucose using an insulin pump are disclosed. A method includes storing a target blood glucose level in the pump. The method also includes receiving a current blood glucose level, and comparing the current blood glucose level to the target blood glucose level. The method further includes, upon detection of a current blood glucose level lower than the target blood glucose level, calculating a carbohydrate value required to change the current blood glucose level to the target blood glucose level.
Claims11
An insulin pump comprising:
- a pump mechanism;
- a memory configured to store a target blood glucose level;
- a programmable circuit arranged to control the pump mechanism and operatively connected to the memory, the programmable circuit programmed to:
- receive a current blood glucose level;
- compare the current blood glucose level to the target blood glucose level;
- and
- upon detection of a current blood glucose level lower than the target blood glucose level, calculate a carbohydrate value required to raise the current blood glucose level to the target blood glucose level.
The insulin pump of claim 2, wherein, upon detection of a current blood glucose level lower than the target blood glucose level, issuing an alert.
The insulin pump of claim 3, wherein the alert is a message notifying the user that the user's blood glucose level is below the target blood glucose level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.