System and method for monitoring and controlling the glycemic state of a patient

A system for monitoring a glycemic state of a patient and controlling the glycemic state of the patient, comprising:

• an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient's ECG;
• an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient's EEG;
• first signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient's current blood insulin level;
• second signal processing means for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient's future glucose level;
• means for providing a response to modify the patient's blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient's current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patent's future glucose level.

A system for at least one of predicting the onset of, and determining the presence of, hypoglycemia in a patient, comprising:

• an ECG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient's ECG;
• an EEG sensor for obtaining signals representative of the patient's EEG;
• signal processing means for processing said ECG signals to provide first parameter data indicative of the patient's current blood insulin level and for processing said EEG signals to provide second parameter data indicative of the patient's future glucose level;
• means for providing a response to modify the patient's blood insulin level as a function of said first parameter data indicative of the patient's current blood insulin level and said second parameter data indicative of the patient's future glucose level.

A system for determining insulin need of a diabetic patient, comprising

• ECG sensing means for sensing the patient's ECG and deriving therefrom an indication of patient current blood insulin level,
• EEG sensing means for sensing the patient's EEG and deriving therefrom an indication of patient future blood glucose level;
• processing means for determining at least one of patient insulin need and patient glucose need as a function of said indication of patient current blood insulin level and said indication of patient future blood glucose level, and
• response means for outputting an indication of at least one of said determined patient insulin need and said determined blood glucose need that includes both patent current need and patient future need.