System and method for managing diabetes

Abstract

A diabetes management system, an infusion pump, and methods for managing a blood glucose level of a diabetes patient. The infusion pump includes a processor for monitoring an amount of insulin delivered to a patient and an internal database in communication with the processor. The internal database is for storing food information. The diabetes management system includes a blood glucose monitor, a food database, and an infusion pump for delivering insulin to a patient. The food database comprises one or more records of information on various foods. The infusion pump of the diabetes management system includes (i) a processor for monitoring an amount of insulin delivered to the patient and (ii) a second database. The second database is for receiving at least a portion of the information from the food database.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 176,390, filed Jun. 19, 2002, allowed on Oct. 10, 2006, which claims priority on U.S. Provisional Application 60 / 299,802, filed Jun. 21, 2001.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a system and method for managing diabetes. More particularly, the present invention is related to a diabetes management application for use with handheld organizers. [0003] A number of diabetes management programs for handheld devices currently exist. However, these devices exhibit limited functionality and are often difficult to use. The existing diabetes management software packages that are capable of handling a plurality of logs for blood glucose levels, insulin shots, meals, activities, etc., are designed in such a way that the information is held in one record. By storing information in one record, the user is affected in a number of ways i...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention is a system and method for managing the blood glucose level of a diabetes patient. The system includes a data input interface for the patient to input different types of data, such as activity, blood glucose level, meal intake, and insulin intake. The data is then stored in a database. The system can also access an external database to retrieve additional information, such as insulin intake recommendations based on the meal intake data. The system includes an insulin pump or blood glucose meter with a processor and a database system for monitoring and managing the patient's blood glucose level. The technical effects of the invention include improved blood glucose level management and recommendations for insulin intake based on the patient's activity and food intake."

Problems solved by technology

However, these devices exhibit limited functionality and are often difficult to use.

Additionally, storing information in one record and, for example, entering only blood glucose information at a particular point, results in poor space allocation for meal information, insulin dosage information or activity data.

Consequently, space allocation in a particular database record for specific values will be lost.

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