Method for emphasizing analyte values during a therapeutic window
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorsEric S. CARLSGAARD, Nils BABION
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Abstract
In diabetes management applications, recent glucose measurement values may be clinically useful for acute diagnosis and for the calculation of a corrective therapy. However, the physiological significance of these measurements can lessen with time, which can lead to their becoming less relevant for calculating an effective therapy. A technique is presented for emphasizing analyte values in a diabetes management application during a therapeutic window. In this way, a user is notified that the glucose measurement value is the most current measurement and remains usable for therapy applications, such as an insulin bolus calculation.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method for displaying glucose measurements by a diabetes management application residing on a computing device, comprising:
- receiving, by the diabetes management application, a current glucose measurement for a subject, where the current glucose measurement has an associated timestamp;
- determining, by the diabetes management application, a therapeutic window of time in which the current glucose measurement is usable in a therapy calculation;
- displaying, by the diabetes management application, the current glucose measurement on a result screen, where the current glucose measurement is presented prominently in relation to other text on the result screen while the timestamp associated with the current glucose measurement falls within the therapeutic window of time;
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- displaying, by the diabetes management application, the current glucose measurement on a result screen without prominence in relation to other text on the result screen after therapeutic window of time expires.
A computer-implemented method for displaying glucose measurements by a diabetes management application residing on a computing device, comprising:
- receiving, by the diabetes management application, a current glucose measurement for a subject, where the current glucose measurement has an associated timestamp;
- determining, by the diabetes management application, a therapeutic window of time in which the current glucose measurement is usable in a therapy calculation;
- comparing, by the diabetes management application, the timestamp associated with the current glucose measurement with a therapeutic window of time, where the therapeutic window of time indicates when the current glucose measurement is usable in a therapy calculation;
- displaying, by the diabetes management application, the current glucose measurement prominently on a result screen in response to the timestamp associated with the current glucose measurement falling in the therapeutic window of time;
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- displaying, by the diabetes management application, the current glucose measurement on a result screen without prominence in relation to other text on the result screen in response to the timestamp associated with the current glucose measurement falling outside the therapeutic window of time.
A system for managing diabetes care, comprising:
- a handheld glucose meter configured to determine a current glucose measurement for a subject, such that the current glucose measurement has an associated timestamp, and operable to transmit the current glucose measurement via a wireless communication link, wherein the determination is made from a test strip inserted in a port of the handheld glucose meter and the test strip has a reaction site for receiving a sample of fluid from the subject;
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- a diabetes management application residing on a portable computing device and configured to receive the current glucose measurement via the wireless communication link from the handheld glucose meter,
- wherein the diabetes management application determines a therapeutic window of time in which the current glucose measurement is usable in a therapy calculation, presents the glucose measurement prominently in relation to other text on a display of the portable computing device while the glucose measurement falls within the therapeutic window of time and presents glucose measurement on the display without prominence in relation to other text on the display after therapeutic window of time expires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.