Analyte monitoring and management device and method to analyze the frequency of user interaction with the device
Inventors
Taub, Marc Barry • Bugler, Jolyon Robert • Peyser, Thomas A.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12426812-B2
Publication Date
2025-09-30
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Abstract
Methods and Devices to monitor the level of at least one analyte are provided.
Core Innovation
The disclosure describes analyte monitoring and management systems that monitor how frequently a user interacts with a monitoring/receiver unit. It determines an interaction frequency and compares the interaction frequency to one or more predetermined target interaction levels, including ideal, acceptable, or critical interaction targets, records an interaction history, and uses the comparison to drive subsequent user-facing behavior.
When the interaction frequency is at or below the target interaction levels, the system alerts the user. The alert can be audible, visual, or vibratory, may escalate in loudness over time, and can require user acknowledgment and additional decision steps to turn off the alert.
The target interaction levels can be adjusted, including by an authorized user or automatically based on time of day, activity, behavior variables, sensor-derived conditions, user state of health, hypoglycemia risk, predicted future analyte level, and rate of change. System components described include a glucose sensor, a data processing unit, a transmitter, a wireless communication channel, and a receiver unit with a display, alarm system, storage, and a user input device.
In example configurations, a bedside or portable receiver is described, including receiver display features that present messages and directional arrows and may include graphs and color-coded indicators tied to interaction-frequency status and analyte-related conditions. Receiver behavior includes resting state and active state operation, where in the active state the selected display mode shows at least a current glucose level and/or a graph over a period of time.
Claims Coverage
Independent claims cover 4 inventive features, including wireless communication of glucose level information to a wristwatch using Bluetooth enabled communication protocol and display of glucose information using resting and active states with user-selectable display modes.
Bluetooth wireless communication channel with glucose data processing unit
Establishing, using a software executed on a reader, a wireless communication channel using Bluetooth enabled communication protocol with a data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit is connected to a glucose sensor, wherein the glucose sensor is in contact with a bodily fluid under a skin surface of a user and configured to sense glucose levels in the bodily fluid.
Periodic receiving and active-state update of selected display mode
After the wireless communication channel is established, periodically receiving, by a wristwatch, glucose level information from the data processing unit via the wireless communication channel, wherein the wristwatch comprises a display and a user input device, wherein the wristwatch comprises a resting state and an active state, the active state including at least a first display mode and a second display mode; receiving, via the user input device of the wristwatch, a selection of the first display mode or the second display mode, wherein the first display mode is configured to display a current glucose level based on the received glucose level information and the second display mode is configured to display a graph of the received glucose level information over a period of time; and in response to a determination that the wristwatch is in the active state, displaying at least one of the current glucose level and the graph of the received glucose level information on the display in the selected display mode.
Periodic receiving of glucose information on a Bluetooth-enabled wristwatch
Periodically receiving, by a wristwatch from a data processing unit via a wireless communication channel using Bluetooth enabled communication protocol, glucose level information generated by the data processing unit based on glucose levels sensed by a glucose sensor, wherein the data processing unit is connected to the glucose sensor, wherein the glucose sensor is in contact with a bodily fluid under a skin surface of a user and configured to sense glucose levels in the bodily fluid, wherein the wristwatch comprises a display and a user input device, wherein the wristwatch comprises a resting state and an active state, the active state including at least a first display mode and a second display mode.
User-selected current level or time-series graph display in active state
Receiving, via the user input device of the wristwatch, a selection of the first display mode or the second display mode, wherein the first display mode is configured to display a current glucose level based on the received glucose level information and the second display mode is configured to display a graph of the received glucose level information over a period of time; and in response to a determination that the wristwatch is in the active state, displaying at least one of the current glucose level and the graph of the received glucose level information on the display in the selected display mode.
Overall, the independent claims are directed to Bluetooth-enabled wireless communication of glucose level information from a data processing unit connected to a glucose sensor in contact with bodily fluid under skin, and to wristwatch presentation controlled by resting/active state, with a user input selecting between a display mode for current glucose level and a display mode for a graph over a period of time, where display occurs in the active state.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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