Structured Testing for Diabetes Care Glucose Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients with diabetes face challenges in understanding how lifestyle factors impact their blood glucose levels, as current monitoring methods do not effectively track and analyze the effects of changes in diet, exercise, and other factors over time.
Innovation Solution
A structured testing method that allows patients to select contextual criteria and construct personalized tests using a diabetes management system, which includes prompting for blood glucose measurements before and after specific events, and evaluating adherence to these criteria to identify factors affecting glucose levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If patients perform regular glucose measurements multiple times a day, then glucose level tracking capability is improved, but patient understanding of lifestyle factor impacts deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides structured feedback by presenting patients with contextual criteria (lifestyle factors) and their corresponding glucose measurements in a organized format. This allows patients to see the relationship between their lifestyle choices and glucose outcomes, transforming raw measurement data into actionable insights that improve understanding of lifestyle factor impacts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the complex task of glucose monitoring into structured test templates that isolate specific lifestyle factors (such as pre-meal, post-meal, exercise, sleep). By dividing the monitoring process into discrete, contextualized segments, patients can more easily understand which specific lifestyle factors affect their glucose levels rather than being overwhelmed by continuous raw data.
2Loss of information
If structured testing with multiple contextual criteria is implemented, then understanding of lifestyle factor impacts is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares structured test templates in advance with predefined contextual criteria (such as pre-meal, post-meal, exercise, sleep contexts). These templates are pre-configured with the necessary measurement protocols and criteria, so when patients use them, they don't need to design complex testing protocols themselves. This preliminary preparation reduces the complexity burden on patients while maintaining comprehensive lifestyle factor analysis.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive contextual criteria are collected, then measurement precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows patients to select and apply structured test templates partially, using only the contextual criteria relevant to their specific needs and circumstances. Patients aren't required to implement all possible contextual measurements simultaneously, but can choose appropriate templates (such as pre-meal only, or exercise-focused) that balance measurement comprehensiveness with operational simplicity.
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
Enables patients to better understand and track the impact of lifestyle factors on their glucose measurements, providing repeatable objective evidence for medical assessment and therapy optimization.
Implementation Method 1
The test strip may be coated with chemicals (glucose oxidase, dehydrogenase, or hexokinase) that combine with glucose in blood allowing it to measure the concentration of glucose in the blood sample
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided for constructing a structured test having user-defined adherence criteria. The method includes: presenting a patient with a plurality of contextual criterion for a structured test; receiving selection of one or more contextual criterion from the plurality of contextual criterion; and constructing a structured test that includes the contextual criterion selected by the patient. During administration of the structured test, each of the contextual criteria selected by the patient is evaluated. Sample data acquired during the structured test is reported as compliant when each of the context criterion selected by the patient was met during the administration of the structured test or tagged as non-compliant when at least one contextual criterion was not met during the administration of the structured test.