Glucose Monitoring Display Panels for Programmable Alert Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing diabetes management systems lack robust and comprehensive display and user interface capabilities for continuous glucose monitoring, failing to provide adequate programmable alarms, alerts, and usability features for effective glycemic control.
Innovation Solution
A glucose monitoring system with a user interface featuring a high-resolution OLED display, zoom-in/zoom-out functionality, accelerometer-based orientation adjustment, and a user-friendly input mechanism, including programmable alarms and alerts, to enhance data presentation and user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive display features and programmable alarms are added to glucose monitoring systems, then user interface capability and glycemic control effectiveness are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display interface is segmented into multiple selectable screen types (e.g., graph displays, numerical displays, icon displays) that can be independently configured. Each screen type presents specific information formats, allowing the system to provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities while keeping each individual display mode relatively simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts display parameters based on user interactions and alarm conditions. The display can switch between different screen types, update frequencies, and information presentations in real-time, allowing the interface to adapt to varying user needs without requiring all features to be simultaneously active, thus managing complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple display screen types with different information formats are implemented, then information presentation robustness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A single display device is designed to perform multiple functions by presenting information in various formats (graphs, numerical data, icons) and screen types. This universal display capability ensures robust information presentation across different user preferences and clinical situations while consolidating control into one interface rather than requiring multiple specialized devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically selects and switches between different screen types based on detected alarm conditions and user responses. When an alarm is triggered, the system autonomously switches to appropriate alert displays; when the user acknowledges or responds to alarms, the system automatically returns to previous display modes, reducing the operational burden on users.
3Speed
If the system automatically switches between display screens based on alarm conditions, then response time to glucose level changes is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display switching mechanism operates on feedback from alarm condition detection. When glucose levels exceed predefined thresholds or show concerning trends, the system detects these conditions and automatically switches to appropriate alarm display screens. This feedback-driven automatic switching provides rapid response to critical events while using a relatively simple rule-based control logic rather than complex algorithms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a comprehensive and intuitive interface for continuous glucose monitoring, enabling effective glycemic control through advanced display features and customizable alerts, improving user interaction and management of diabetes.
Implementation Method 1
a high-resolution OLED display
Implementation Method 2
accelerometer-based orientation adjustment
Data Source
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AI summary
Embodiments described herein relate to a glucose monitoring system having a glucose sensor positioned in contact with interstitial fluid in a body of a user. A transmitter unit is coupled to the glucose sensor and processes data indicative of a plurality of monitored glucose levels from the glucose sensor. A receiver unit receives the processed data from the transmitter unit. The receiver unit comprises a processor and a user interface having a touch-sensitive display to render a plurality of display screens, including a home screen and an alert screen. The home screen is divided into a plurality of simultaneously displayed panels, with a first panel displaying the plurality of monitored glucose levels, a second panel simultaneously displaying a current glucose level icon and a glucose trend indicator, and a third panel displays status information of a plurality of components of the system. When an alarm condition is detected in response to the current glucose level being outside predetermined threshold levels, the display renders the alert screen on the display. The alert screen displays information corresponding to the detected alarm condition. The display affects a further output corresponding to the detected condition in response to user actuation of a portion of the display. The current glucose level icon is displayed in a colour coded format based on whether the current glucose level is within or outside the predetermined threshold levels.