Abstract:
Methods and devices for delivering therapeutic fluid to the body are described. The method may include determining a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of a patient and delivering the therapeutic fluid into the patient's body based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern. The devices used in conjunction with the disclosed methods may include a controller to determine a bolus delivery pattern based on a specific dietary intake of the patient and an infusion pump to deliver the therapeutic fluid into the patient's body based, at least in part, on the determined bolus delivery pattern.
Abstract:
A method and a system for determining insulin sensitivity (IS) is described. In one aspect the method and the system can be.implemented by receiving a first parameter corresponding to an insulin dose in a subcutaneous tissue;. applying a first kinetic. model to obtain a plasma insulin concentration based on the first parameter; receiving a second parameter corresponding to a plasma glucose concentration; determining the insulin sensitivity (IS) based on the plasma insulin concentration and the second parameter. In the preferred methods, the level of plasma insulin in a diabetic patient is predicted by means of the Kobayashi's model on the basis of the rate of continuous s.c. insulin infusion,.and IS is calculated by means of the QUICKI or the HOMA model on the basis of this prediction and the glucose data.
Abstract:
Systems, devices and methods are presented in the subject disclosure for recommending an insulin dose adapted for use with an insulin delivery device. In some embodiments, the method may include receiving blood glucose (BG) data, determining one or more insulin sensitivity (IS) values associated with the BG data, and determining an insulin dose based on the determined one or more IS values. A system for carrying out such a method is also presented.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods, systems and devices for alleviating postprandial hyperglycemia, as well as to methods and devices for sustained medical infusion of fluids, using, for example, skin securable insulin dispensing systems/devices.
Abstract:
Methods, systems and devices for assessing residual insulin time of a patient are provided. In one embodiment, the method and the device can be implemented by receiving a confirmation that an insulin dose has been administered to the patient; repetitively receiving a value corresponding to the patient's blood glucose level; identifying at least two consecutively received values based on a predetermined criteria; and, selecting the residual insulin time corresponding to a time period between the confirmation that the insulin dose has been administered and a time corresponding to the identification of the at least two consecutively received values.
Abstract:
Devices, systems and methods for adjusting fluid delivery based on past or historical fluid delivery data and/or personal parameters of a user are disclosed. Devices, and corresponding systems and methods, may comprise a dispensing unit configured to deliver a fluid from a reservoir into the body of a user and a processor having instructions operating thereon to retrieve data relating to one or more time windows from a memory, assess a correction delivery for the one or more time windows based on the data, determine a new CIR value for the one or more time windows if the correction delivery regularly follows a meal bolus and/or determine a new basal delivery profile for the one or more time windows if the correction delivery regularly precedes a meal bolus.
Abstract:
Products and methods directed to the improved infusion of fluids are disclosed. Such products and methods can be used to more efficiently and efficaciously administer therapeutic pharmaceuticals to a subject in need of treatment. In many instances, the systems comprise a therapeutic fluid delivery system and a mechanism for enhancing the absorption of the therapeutic fluid.. The enhancement of the absorption of the therapeutic fluid is generally performed locally i.e., at or near the site of administration of the therapeutic fluid. The system and methods can be used to deliver any number of therapeutic fluids including but not limited to insulin.
Abstract:
Methods, systems and devices for preventing diabetic complications are provided. In some embodiments, methods, systems and devices can be implemented using at least one subcutaneously insertable element, the element having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion coupled to the housing, the distal portion configured for subcutaneous placement within a human body; a plurality of electrodes coupled to the distal portion of the at least one subcutaneously insertable element; and, a processor adapted to correlate a signal received from the plurality of electrodes to a concentration of ketone in the human body.
Abstract:
Delivery of more than one therapeutic fluid as a means to control symptoms of a health conditions is disclosed. More than one therapeutic fluid may be dispensed from more than one reservoir and delivered to a user's body via one or more cannula that penetrate the skin. The therapeutic fluids may be delivered by action of one or more pumping mechanisms that may be controlled by a processor in a portable, ambulatory device. The therapeutic fluids may optionally be insulin and one or more of an amylin analog, pramlintide acetate and an exenatide, and the health condition may optionally be diabetes.
Abstract:
Devices, systems and methods for determining a recommended bolus dose of therapeutic fluid to be delivered to the body are disclosed. Such a recommended bolus dose may be provided by establishing an initial bolus dose for a user based on one or more first parameters relating to the user and adjusting (e.g., increasing or decreasing) this initial bolus dose amount based on one or more second user parameters by multiplying the initial bolus dose by one or more multiplier values that correlate to at least one of the second parameters and/or by adding or subtracting an absolute value of at least one of the second parameters from the initial bolus dose amount.