Automatic recognition of known patterns in physiological measurement data

A method for managing glucose levels of a user, comprising:

• a) acquiring glucose concentration values from a glucose sensor at different measurement times and storing the glucose concentration values in a measurement data record;
• b) using data reduction to generate a reduced measurement data record from the measurement data record, wherein the reduced measurement data record is used in at least one of step c) and step d);
• c) selecting a comparison pattern from the glucose concentration values;
• d) using pattern recognition to identify a historical pattern of the glucose concentration values that is similar to the comparison pattern;
• e) generating a comparison profile of glucose concentration from the comparison pattern and generating a predicted future profile of glucose concentration from the historical pattern;
• f) providing a treatment instruction based upon the predicted future profile;
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• g) administering the treatment.