US 2018/0018430 A1 · System and Method for Managing Health Data

Abstract

A portable data-management system may be easily employed with multiple processing devices by eliminating the need to pre-install additional programs, agents, device drivers, or other software components on the hosts. A portable storage device contains software for a data-management application, which receives and processes test data from a meter that measures an analyte. The portable device may employ an interface protocol that makes the portable device immediately compatible with different operating systems and hardware configurations. Once the portable device is connected to the host, the data-management application can be automatically launched. The convenience and portability of a data-management system may be enhanced by integrating advanced data processing and display features with the portable device. The users may access some advanced presentations of health data without having to launch the data-management application on a separate host.

Claims21

Dependent claims

1-61. (canceled)

A system for managing health data, comprising:

a blood glucose meter including:
a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein;
a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system being configured to be coupled with the test sensor received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine one or more glucose concentration measurements of a blood sample received by the test sensor;
a first memory device disposed within the housing, the first memory device storing health data including the one or more glucose concentration measurements;
and
a data communications interface;
and
a portable processing device having a second memory device storing a data-management application, the portable processing device being configured to communicate with the blood glucose meter via the data communications interface, the portable processing device being further configured to (i) download the health data from the blood glucose meter;
(ii) process the health data by executing a data-management application stored on the portable processing device;
and (iii) displays the processed health data on a display of the processing device, the displayed processed health data including (i) customizable averages based on the health data;
(ii) health data in relation to a user-specified target range;
(iii) feedback and predictive analysis related to the health data;
or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

10 more elements

A method of managing health data, comprising:

receiving a test sensor in a port of a housing of a blood glucose meter such that the test sensor is coupled with a measurement system of the blood glucose meter;
receiving a blood sample via the test sensor;
in response to the receiving the blood sample, determining a first glucose concentration measurement of the received blood sample;
storing the determined first glucose concentration measurement in a data storage system of the blood glucose meter, the data storage system including a first memory device storing one or more glucose concentration measurements;
establishing data communications between the blood glucose meter and a portable processing device via a data communications interface of the blood glucose meter;
transferring the one or more glucose concentration measurements to the portable processing device from the blood glucose meter;
processing, with the portable processing device, the one or more glucose concentration measurements from the blood glucose meter by executing a data-management application stored in a second memory device of the portable processing device;
and
displaying, with the portable processing device, the processed one or more glucose concentration measurements on a display of the portable processing device, the displayed processed one or more glucose concentration measurements including (i) customizable averages based on the glucose concentration measurements;
(ii) the glucose concentration measurements in relation to a user-specified target range;
(iii) feedback and predictive analysis related to the glucose concentration measurements;
or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

9 more elements

A system for managing health data, comprising:

a blood glucose meter including:
a housing having a port configured to receive a test sensor therein;
a measurement system disposed within the housing, the measurement system being configured to be coupled with the test sensor received in the port of the housing, the measurement system including at least one processor that executes program instructions to determine one or more glucose concentration measurements of a blood sample received by the test sensor;
a first memory device disposed within the housing, the first memory device storing health data including the one or more glucose concentration measurements, each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements being associated with a position identifier indicative of a position of each of the one or more glucose concentration measurements relative to other glucose concentration measurements of the one or more glucose concentration measurements;
a first power supply;
and
a data communications interface;
a portable processing device having a second memory device storing a data-management application, and a second power supply, the second power supply being configured to recharge the first power supply, the portable processing device being configured to communicate with the blood glucose meter via the data communications interface, the portable processing device being further configured to (i) download the health data from the blood glucose meter;
(ii) process the health data by executing a data-management application stored on the portable processing device;
and (iii) displays the processed health data on a display of the processing device, the displayed processed health data including (i) customizable averages based on the health data;
(ii) health data in relation to a user-specified target range;
(iii) feedback and predictive analysis related to the health data;
or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii);
and
a remote server, the portable processing device being configured to communicate with the remote server to download an updated version of the data-management application or an updated version of software stored on the blood glucose meter

12 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/610,339Filed 31 May 2017

Priority

30 May 2007

Published

18 Jan 2018

Term ends

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Classification25 codes

G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
A61B 5/14532
Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value ; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g.…: for…
G06F 1/16
Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00: constructional details or arrangements
G06F 1/1605
Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays: multimedia displays, e.g. with…

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Application60/932,286Us provisional application · filed 30 May 2007

Application61/012,721Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2007

Application61/012,718Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2007

Application12/129,547Continuation · filed 29 May 2008

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Application15/610,339Continuation

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