Handheld Diabetes Manager With A User Interface For Displaying A Status Of An External Medical Device

A handheld diabetes manager having a graphical user interface for displaying a status of one or more external medical devices, comprising:

• a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;
• a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operates with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;
• a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with one or more external medical devices to receive status data pertaining to the operation of the one or more external medical devices, the external medical devices being physically separated from the diabetes manager;
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• a user interface module, in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module, operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a main menu and a status screen, the main menu having buttons for each of the one or more external medical devices connectable to the handheld diabetes manager, such that a button for a corresponding external medical device is enabled only when the communication module is in data communication with the corresponding external medical device, and the status screen presents data pertaining to a glucose measure determined by the blood glucose measurement module concurrently with the status data received from the one or more external medical devices.

A handheld diabetes manager having a graphical user interface for displaying a status of one or more external medical devices, comprising:

• a port configured to receive a test strip for blood glucose measurement;
• a blood glucose measurement module cooperatively operable with a test strip inserted in the port for blood glucose measurement;
• 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, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager;
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• a user interface module in data communication with the blood glucose measurement module and the communications module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface is programmable to display a home screen selected from one of a main menu screen and a status screen, such that when a home screen is programmed to display a status screen, different status screens are displayed by the user interface module depending on whether an external medical device is communicating with the diabetes manager via the wireless data link.