Handheld Diabetes Manager With A Flight Mode

A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, 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 bolus advice module configured to receive blood glucose measurements from the blood glucose measurement module and operating, in response to an input, to compute an insulin recommendation for a patient based in part on the blood glucose measurements;
• a communications module that selectively communicates via a wireless data link with an external medical device, the external medical device being physically separated from the diabetes manager;
• a travel module that cooperatively operates with the communications module to effectuate a flight mode;
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• a user interface module in data communication with the travel module and operable to provide a graphical user interface on a display of the diabetes manager, wherein the graphical user interface includes a travel screen that allows a user to selectively enable or disable a flight mode, and wherein the user interface module presents, in response to user input to access bolus advice and while the flight mode is enabled, a notification on the display, wherein the notification indicates that an insulin recommendation from the bolus advice module may be based on data that is outdated.

A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, 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 allows a user to enable or disable a flight mode of the diabetes manager.

A handheld diabetes manager having a flight mode that cooperatively interacts with an external medical device, 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, 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 includes a screen with a flight mode option and wherein the flight mode option is enabled by sending a flight mode command to the external medical device during a periodic listening window of the external medical device, the periodic listening window associated with a corresponding periodic beacon from the external medical device to the diabetes manager, and wherein, in response to the flight mode command, the external medical device enters a listening only mode having periodic listening windows and stops sending beacons.