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Details

Inventors: Worthington, David R. L.; Brown, Stephen J.;
Assignee: Health Hero Network, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Nasser; Robert L.
Assistant Examiner: Astorino; Michael C.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Black Lowe & Graham PLLC

A diabetes management system for predicting a future blood glucose value of a patient and for recommending a corrective action to the patient when the future blood glucose value lies outside of a target range. The system includes a patient-operated apparatus for measuring blood glucose values and for storing data relating to insulin doses administered to the patient. The apparatus predicts the patient's future blood glucose value based upon the patient's current blood glucose value, the fraction of insulin action remaining from the insulin doses, and the patient's insulin sensitivity. The apparatus also determines the corrective action for the patient when the predicted blood glucose value lies outside of a target range. The system also includes a physician computer in communication with the apparatus for receiving the blood glucose values and insulin dose data and for calculating an adjusted insulin sensitivity for use in subsequent predictions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention is a diabetes management system and method for predicting a future blood glucose value of a patient and for recommending to the patient a corrective action when the future blood glucose value lies outside of a target blood glucose range.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention.
However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that these specific details need not be used to practice the invention.
In other instances, well known structures, interfaces, and processes are not shown in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present invention.
FIGS.
1-7 illustrate a diabetes management system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Referring to FIG.
1, the diabetes management system includes a patient-operated apparatus 10 having a housing 12 for holding the components of apparatus 10.
Housing 12 is preferably sufficiently compact to enable apparatus 10 to be hand-held and carried by a patient.
A strip guide 18 for receiving a blood glucose test strip 20 is located on a surface of housing 12.
Test strip 20 is for receiving a blood sample from the patient.
Apparatus 10 includes a display 14 for displaying predicted future blood glucose values and for recommending to the patient corrective actions when the future blood glucose values lie outside of a target blood glucose range.
Display 14 is preferably a liquid crystal display (LCD).
Display 14 is also designed to display prompts and a menu 46 to the patient during the operation of apparatus 10.
Menu 46 preferably includes a number of menu options as follows.
The "DOSE" option starts a procedure for entering in apparatus 10 insulin dose values representative of insulin doses administered to the patient.
Each insulin dose is typically self-injected by the patient.
After injecting a dose, the patient selects the "DOSE" option to record in apparatus 10 the dose value and the type of insulin injected

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