Direct CGM connectivity to a cloud storage network

Inventors

Petisce, James • McCaffrey, Nathaniel

Assignees

Embecta Corp

Abstract

A system and method is provided for a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system and the processing of data collected thereby. An internet gateway chip (140, 240, 340, 440) is included in elements of a CGM system to facilitate direct data communication with cloud network storage (150, 250, 350, 450) thereby communicate and store data of a CGM sensor (110, 210, 310, 410) of the CGM system. The internet gateway chip can be included in a receiver (130, 230, 330), such as an existing wireless receiver and display device of the CGM; in a smart phone or similar device, where the smart phone is also the wireless receiver and display device of the CGM; or in the sensor, such as an existing sensor and/or transmitter (410, 420) of the CGM to facilitate direct data communication between the CGM system and cloud network storage.

Core Innovation

The invention provides a system to communicate data of a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) sensor to a cloud storage network while avoiding user interactions. The system includes a CGM element having a sensor, a controller, and a transmitter coupled to an exposed portion of the sensor, with stored executable program instructions executable by the controller. The instructions determine whether the CGM element includes an internet gateway chip/device and then configure the transmitter to transmit glucose measurement data accordingly.

When the CGM element includes the internet gateway chip, the system is configured to control the transmitter to transmit the glucose measurement data directly to the cloud storage network. When the CGM element does not include the internet gateway chip, the system is configured to control the transmitter to transmit the glucose measurement data to a receiver and display device, where the receiver and display device are configured to establish direct data communication with cloud network storage. In both cases, the glucose measurement data is communicated to the cloud storage network via direct data communication without user interactions.

A method variant similarly provides a CGM element with a sensor, controller, stored executable program instructions, and a transmitter, and uses the stored executable program instructions to determine whether the sensor includes an internet gateway device. The method monitors and processes glucose measurement data and then transmits it either directly to cloud network storage via the internet gateway device, or to a receiver/mobile communication terminal that includes the internet gateway device, followed by transmitting the data to the cloud without user interactions.

Claims Coverage

The document describes three independent claims. Across the independent claims, it defines a CGM system and a CGM communication method that conditionally route glucose measurement data to cloud network storage based on whether an internet gateway chip/device is present, and it requires direct data communication with cloud network storage without user interactions.

The independent claims consistently require CGM glucose measurement data to be transmitted to cloud storage/network storage with direct data communication and without user interactions, by conditionally routing transmission based on whether an internet gateway chip/device is included in the CGM element or present in an internet gateway-enabled receiver/display or mobile communication terminal.

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