Graphical Time Block Interface for Insulin Therapy Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current diabetes management systems lack the ability to efficiently and effectively manage and manipulate blood glucose levels over time, requiring users to manually forecast and adjust insulin therapy to maintain appropriate glucose ranges, which is complex and dynamic due to various lifestyle and physiological factors.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for modifying insulin therapy support parameters on a hand-held diabetes management device, including a graphical user interface that allows users to adjust time blocks and warning limits, enabling the setting of start and end times, target glucose levels, and warning values, with a data store and mapping module to store and output these parameters for insulin delivery optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually forecast and adjust insulin therapy to maintain appropriate glucose ranges, then blood glucose levels can be controlled, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming due to various lifestyle and physiological factors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the continuous glucose control problem into discrete time blocks (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening) with specific glucose target ranges for each. This allows users to manage therapy in manageable segments rather than attempting to control glucose continuously, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows users to define and modify key parameters such as time blocks, glucose target ranges, and warning thresholds. By enabling parameter customization, the system adapts to individual user needs and physiological variations, improving blood glucose control reliability without requiring users to understand the underlying complex dynamics.
2Reliability
If users manually adjust insulin therapy parameters, then blood glucose levels can be managed, but the process requires significant user time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to pre-define time blocks and glucose target ranges in advance for different periods of the day. This preliminary setup reduces the need for frequent manual adjustments during actual use, as the system automatically applies these pre-configured parameters to appropriate time periods, saving user time while maintaining effective glucose management.
3Reliability
If a hand-held device provides comprehensive insulin therapy management capabilities, then diabetes care is improved, but the device interface becomes complex and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent presents complex therapy parameters in a graphical interface that visualizes time blocks and glucose targets as intuitive visual elements rather than numerical data. This dimensional transformation from abstract parameters to visual representations makes the device easier to operate while maintaining comprehensive diabetes care capabilities.
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AI summary
The present teachings provide a system for modifying insulin therapy support parameters such as warning limit data and time block data on a hand-held diabetes management device. The system can include a graphical user interface module that creates a graphical user interface having a plurality of bar structures positionable on or between a first line that indicates an upper limit and a second line that illustrates a lower limit. Each of the bar structures can have a first side that indicates a start time of a time window opposite a second side that indicates an end time of the time window and a third side that indicates a lower target value for a blood glucose level opposite a fourth side that indicates an upper target value for the blood glucose level. The bar structures, the first line and the second line can be adjustable by a user input.