Glucose Monitoring Communication Status Delay for False Alarm Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) face challenges in accurately determining and promptly notifying users when a communication module is turned off, which is crucial for diabetic patients to manage hypoglycemic emergencies.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented in the glucose monitoring system to delay the display of a communication module turn-off for a predetermined period, allowing for accurate determination and timely notification by checking for persistent communication failure during this time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If the terminal immediately displays communication module turn-off status, then the notification speed is improved, but false alarms may occur due to transient communication failures
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting communication failures and initiating a delay period before displaying the turn-off status. This preliminary detection and waiting mechanism allows the system to distinguish between transient and permanent communication failures, improving detection accuracy while maintaining reasonable notification speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the communication status display based on the duration of detected failures. By implementing a time-based delay mechanism, the system adapts its response behavior - immediately notifying of persistent failures while filtering out transient issues, thus resolving the contradiction between speed and reliability.
2Reliability
If the terminal delays the display of communication module turn-off for a predetermined period, then the detection accuracy is improved, but the notification speed is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of communication failures and initiates a predetermined delay period before final status display. This preliminary action allows accurate differentiation between transient and permanent failures, ensuring high detection accuracy while maintaining user-responsive notification timing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies a partial delay (predetermined period rather than prolonged waiting) to achieve sufficient detection accuracy without excessive notification delay. This balanced approach provides the minimum necessary waiting time to filter false alarms while maintaining acceptable response speed for actual communication failures.
3Productivity
If the terminal continuously monitors communication status, then the responsiveness is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs periodic communication status checks rather than continuous monitoring. By implementing monitoring at specific intervals and using a predetermined delay period before status display, the system maintains adequate responsiveness to communication failures while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
Data Source
AI summary
One embodiment may provide a method of displaying a communication status in a glucose monitoring system, the method including displaying a communication status of a communication module in a terminal configured to transmit and receive data with a sensor transmitter, when the communication module is turned off, delaying a display of a communication module turn-off for one period of time by the terminal, and if the turn-off of the communication module persists for the one period of time, displaying the communication module turn-off.