KR20150145816A - Diabetic management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and method for managing a diabetic patient. The system for managing a diabetic patient comprises: an injection device for transmitting an injection content inspection request by a first operation for a button unit, and transmitting an injection history renewal request by a second operation for the button unit; and a user terminal for generating inspection response information obtained by inspecting first injection content information included in the injection content inspection request by referring to pre-stored patient information, blood sugar measurement information, and past insulin injection data when the injection content inspection request is received from the injection device connected through a near-field communications technique, transmitting the generated inspection response information to the injection device, and renewing and storing pre-stored injection history information by using second injection content information included in the injection history renewal request when the injection history renewal request is received.

Description

[0002] Diabetic management system and method [

The present invention relates to a diabetic patient management system and method.

Diabetes mellitus is a type of metabolic disease that lacks insulin secretion or does not function normally. It is a chronic disease that can not be cured.

Because insulin secretion and action of diabetic patients such as basal insulin and diabetic insulin are not the same as normal ones, blood glucose is measured using a blood glucose meter, and then insulin is injected into normal people Should be adjusted closely.

Since diabetes patients need continuous self-care, they should be able to easily identify diabetes patients with their own blood sugar levels, such as Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-0142016 (method for managing diabetes and diabetic complications) Various inventions have been filed to promote the health of diabetic patients.

However, the diabetic patient management systems according to the prior art are merely provided with a guideline as to how much insulin injection should be performed according to the measured blood glucose level. Therefore, in the case of the elderly who have deteriorated body functions such as eyesight, And it is possible to confuse the type of insulin injections (for example, long-time type, first-rate type, mixed type, etc.).

In the case of diabetic patients, proper management of the insulin injection time and the insulin injection site is required. However, the diabetic patient management systems according to the prior art have limitations in that they can not provide effective measures for this.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0142016 (Method for Managing Diabetes and Diabetic Complications)

The present invention provides a method for preventing diabetes patients from failing to control blood glucose by inspecting and managing the injection time, injection type, and injection dose that a diabetic patient has to take in order to control insulin, And to provide a diabetic patient management system and method capable of preventing the phenomenon.

The present invention prevents the observer from forgetting the insulin injection time point of the diabetic patient through effective administration of the injection time, and when the diabetic patient is stunned by the hypoglycemic shock or the like, And to provide a diabetic patient management system and method capable of performing diabetic patient management.

The present invention relates to a diabetic patient management system capable of preventing the occurrence of insulin absorption deterioration and severe pain due to the side effects (eg, fat proliferation and fat atrophy) caused by repeatedly injecting the same site by efficiently managing the injection site And a method.

Other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, in a diabetic patient management system, a scan content verification request is transmitted by a first operation on a button unit, and a scan history verification request is transmitted by a second operation on the button unit, Device; And verifying the first scan content information included in the scan content verification request by referring to previously stored patient information, blood glucose measurement information, and past insulin scan data when the scan content verification request is received from the scanning device connected in a short-range communication manner And transmits the generated verification history information to the scanning device. When the scanning history update request is received, the user terminal updates and stores the previously stored scan history information using the second scan content information included in the scan history update request A diabetic patient management system is provided.

Wherein the scanning device includes a pen-type syringe and a cap-type notification unit that is fitted to one side of the pen-type syringe, wherein the notification unit includes: the button unit including at least one input button; A scanning capacity setting unit for setting an insulin unit to be scanned; A storage unit for storing scan capacity information for the set insulin unit and scan type information for insulin contained in the cartridge of the pen-type syringe; And a display unit which is one or more of an LED unit and a display unit for displaying information corresponding to the verification response information.

The notifying unit may further include a tag reader for reading the electronic tag provided in the pen-shaped syringe to generate the scanning type information.

Wherein the user terminal comprises: a terminal communication unit for receiving a scan content verification request from the scanning device and transmitting the verification response information to the scanning device; A terminal storage unit for storing the patient information, the blood glucose measurement information, and past insulin scan data; And a scan content management section for generating the verification response information by verifying the first scan content information including the scan capacity information and the scan type information with reference to the patient information, blood sugar measurement information and past insulin scan data have.

When the scan time information is further stored in the terminal storage unit, the user terminal includes an output unit including at least one of a touch screen unit and a speaker unit; And an alarm performing unit for determining whether the current time corresponds to the scan time information, and outputting at least one of visual information and auditory information through the output unit, if the current time corresponds to the scan time information .

The alarm performing unit may transmit a scan execution request to the scanning device so that at least one output of the time information and the auditory information is performed in the scanning device.

If more than one recipient information is further stored in the terminal storage unit, the alarm execution unit may notify the user of the receipt information by using the recipient information if the scan history update request is not received from the scanning apparatus until a predetermined time limit expires, Lt; / RTI >

Wherein the user terminal outputs the injection site information specifying the unscreened injection target site within one of the previously designated injection target sites by using at least one of the touch screen unit and the speaker unit when the scan content verification request is received The injection site management unit may update the scan history information so that the scan target site corresponding to the scan site information is recognized as the scanned target site when the scan history update request is received have.

The first operation may be a semi-push operation for the input button, and the second operation may be a full-push operation for the input button.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing diabetic patients, the method comprising: transmitting a scan content verification request to a user terminal connected in a short distance communication mode when a first operation of a button unit is detected; Generating verification response information that verifies the first scan content information included in the scan content verification request with reference to the patient information and blood glucose measurement information stored in advance by the user terminal, and transmitting the generated verification response information to the scanning device; Transmitting a scan history update request to the user terminal when the scanning device detects a second operation on the button portion; And updating and storing the previously stored scan history information using the second scan content information included in the scan history update request by the user terminal.

The diabetic patient management method comprising the steps of: determining whether the user terminal corresponds to scan time information previously stored in advance; Performing alarm processing for outputting at least one of visual information and auditory information through the output unit if the user terminal corresponds to the previously stored scan time information; Determining whether the scan history update request is received from the scanning device before the predetermined time limit; And transmitting the notification message using the previously stored one or more recipient information if the scan history update request is not received.

The method of managing diabetic patients according to claim 1, wherein, when receiving the scan content verification request, the user terminal transmits the injection site information, which specifies the injection target site that has not been scanned within a predetermined period of time, Using one or more of the following; And updating the scan history information so that when the scan history update request is received, the user terminal recognizes the scan target site corresponding to the scan site information as the scanned target scan site.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a blood glucose control failure of a diabetic patient by verifying and managing the injection time, the type of injection, and the injection dose that a diabetic patient must meet in order to control insulin, Diabetes mellitus can be prevented through the hypertension.

In addition, it is possible to prevent forgetting about insulin injection timing of diabetic patients through effective injection visual management. If diabetes patient is stunned due to hypoglycemic shock or the like, it is not easy to take self-measures. There is also an effect to be able to.

In addition, by effectively managing the injection site, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of insulin absorption decline and severe pain due to side effects (for example, fat proliferation and fat atrophy, etc.) caused by repeated injection at the same site.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a diabetic patient management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram illustrating the external appearance of a scanning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a view for explaining a injection site management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a scanning time according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a scan content verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the terms "part," "unit," "module," "device," and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, Lt; / RTI >

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

It is to be understood that the components of the embodiments described with reference to the drawings are not limited to the embodiments and may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is to be understood that although the description is omitted, multiple embodiments may be implemented again in one integrated embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a diabetic patient management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the external appearance of a scanning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a method for managing a injection site according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the diabetic patient management system may include a scanning device 110, a user terminal 140, and a blood glucose meter 160.

The injection device 110 may include a syringe unit 115 and a notification unit 120 as a device for a diabetic patient to inject insulin into the body.

The syringe unit 115 is a conventional insulin injector, for example, a disposable pen-type insulin syringe in which an insulin injection pen and a pen-type syringe are integrated and consumes up to a pen-type syringe when the injection medicine is consumed, Type pen-type insulin syringe that can be used in place of the pen-type insulin injector. Description of the disposable pen-type insulin syringe and cartridge-type pen-type insulin syringe (for example, needles, insulin cartridge, capacity display window, capacity setting dial, injection button, etc.) and uses thereof are obvious to those skilled in the art, do.

The notification unit 120 is connected to a user terminal 140 to be described later by a local communication method (for example, Bluetooth, ZigBee, WiFi, or the like) so that a user, who is a diabetic patient, (For example, a long time type, a quick-speed type, a mixed type, etc.) is appropriate from the user terminal 140 and presents the information to the user.

The notifying unit 120 may be embodied in a lid 120 that is detachably attached to the needle insertion position as shown in FIG. 2 when the injector unit 115 is implemented in the form of a disposable pen-type insulin syringe, The notification unit 120 may be implemented in the syringe itself or included in the lid for closing its end when the pen tip 115 is implemented in the form of a cartridge-mounted pen-type insulin syringe.

Thus, even in the case of a user using the syringe unit 115 or the insulin cartridge produced according to the prior art, the notification unit 120 according to the present embodiment can be applied to the present invention by using the lid or the cartridge- The diabetic patient management service can be provided.

1, the notification unit 120 includes a syringe communication unit 122, a scanning capacity setting unit 124, a push button 126, an LED unit 128, a display unit 130, and a syringe storage unit 132 ). Although not shown, a speaker unit, a vibration generator, and the like may be further included to perform an alarm process when a scan execution request is received from the user terminal 140. [

The syringe communication unit 122 performs data transmission / reception with the terminal communication unit 142 of the user terminal 140 by a short distance communication method.

The scan capacity setting unit 124 may include, for example, a capacity setting dial, and the user may set an insulin unit to be scanned to the human body using the scan capacity setting unit 124. [ The scanning capacity setting of the scanning capacity setting unit 124 is for verifying the scanning content by the user terminal 140 and is different from the operation using the capacity setting dial provided in the syringe unit 115. [ Of course, if the notification unit 120 is integrated with the syringe unit 115, the capacity setting dial may be integrated and implemented.

For example, 300 units (i.e., 3 ml) of insulin may be injected into an insulin cartridge, and the dose may be determined based on patient information (e.g., age, sex, diabetes type Type 2, type 2), insulin carbohydrate ratio, insulin sensitivity index, etc.).

For reference, the insulin carbohydrate ratio can be determined by analyzing blood glucose levels before and after a typical carbohydrate / insulin ratio is initialized for each individual, and can be defined as the amount of carbohydrate that can be ingested when one unit of fast-acting insulin is injected .

The insulin sensitivity index can be calculated by dividing the lowest blood glucose level (mg / dl) by the time taken to measure the blood glucose level after the intravenous injection of the first-rate insulin and reaching the lowest blood glucose level after the injection, It can be defined as the blood glucose level.

The scan capacity information set by the scan capacity setting unit 124 may be stored in the syringe storage unit 132. [

The push button 126 is set to operate in a semi push mode and a pull push mode similar to a shutter of, for example, a DSLR camera.

For convenience of explanation, the semi-push and full push will be described by way of example, but it is needless to say that the operation mode of the push button 126 for operation in each mode may be varied by a single click, a double click, or the like .

Also, the push button 126 may be implemented by various input buttons such as a mechanical button clicked by a pressing force, a touch button responsive to a touch of a human body, a virtual button displayed on a touch screen, In the present specification, a mechanical button will be described as an example.

In this specification, for convenience of explanation and understanding, the case where one push button 126 is provided and operates in the semi-push or full push mode according to the operation mode of the push button 126 will be described as an example. However, the button unit may be constituted by one push button 126, but it is needless to say that the button unit may be constituted by a plurality of push buttons allocated to operate in each mode. For example, the button portion may include a first push button designating to operate in the semi-push mode and a second push button designating to operate in the full push mode, respectively. Of course, it is natural that a push button may be additionally provided depending on purposes and uses other than the above.

When the push button 126 is pressed in the half-pressed state and is operated in the semi-push mode (in this case, the DSLR camera operates in the autofocus mode), the scan capacity setting unit 124 sets the scan capacity And transmits the contents verification request information to the user terminal 140 in a short-distance communication manner.

The scan type information may be further included in the scan content verification request information, and the scan type information may be information indicating whether the type of insulin injected into the insulin cartridge mounted in the syringe unit 115 is long-time insulin, fast-acting insulin, And may be identification information that allows the terminal 140 to identify and verify.

For reference, prolonged insulin helps to control fasting blood sugar during sleep and during the night, and is generally injected at the same time once a day and lasts for a long time (24 hours). First-aid insulin helps control blood sugar after eating or snacking, usually 15 minutes before meals or before meals, and the efficacy is as short as 3-5 hours. Hybrid type insulin is insulin mixed with perturbed insulin and persistent insulin at predetermined ratio, and injected 15 minutes before meals or before meals according to the doctor's prescription and lasts for 10 to 18 hours.

The injection dose according to each type of injection is adjusted based on, for example, at least one of patient information, carbohydrate consumption, carbohydrate consumption according to exercise, before and after breakfast or blood glucose before and after dinner.

The notification unit 120 may further include a tag reader unit (not shown) for reading the scan type information, and may be provided with a disposable pen type insulin syringe and / or a cartridge type pen type insulin syringe corresponding to the notification unit 120 An electronic tag may be attached to an insulin cartridge mounted on the insulin cartridge. The scan type information read by the tag reader unit can be stored in the syringe storage unit 132. [

The LED unit 128 may include one or more LEDs (Light Emitting Diode), and when the verification response information corresponding to the scan content verification request information is received from the user terminal 140, an LED corresponding to the verification response information is lit .

For example, if the verification response information indicates 'approval', it can be processed so as to emit green light. If the verification response information indicates 'not allowed' (that is, in the case of a modification instruction request according to step 540 in FIG. 5) It can be processed to emit light. And can be processed so as to emit yellow light in the case of erroneous operation, in the case of communication failure, or the like. In addition, it is natural that the method of specifying the lighting color of the LED may be various.

The user terminal 140 may transmit verification response information indicating 'not allowed' if the scan capacity set by the user is not appropriate or the type of insulin injected to be scanned at the present time is not appropriate.

Of course, the verification response information may further include information on an appropriate scanning capacity, a scanning type, and the like so as to be displayed on the display unit 130. If the scanning type is mixed type insulin, instruction information (for example, Instruction information for causing the injection liquid to be mixed by being rolled to the left and right, and the like).

The display unit 130 may display one or more of operation state information of the notification unit 120, scan capacity information set by the user, verification response information received from the user terminal 140, and the like. If the verification response information includes appropriate scan capacity information and scan type information, the display unit 130 may further display the corresponding information. The display unit 130 may be integrated with the LED unit 128 described above.

The syringe storage 132 may store at least one of an operation program for operation of the notification unit 120, scanning capacity information set by the user, scanning type information, verification response information received from the user terminal 140, have.

When the push button 126 is pressed in the fully pressed state and is operated in the full push mode (in this case, in the case of a DSLR camera, the photographing operation is performed), the scan capacity setting unit 124 sets the scan capacity information and scan type information And transmits the scan history update request information including the scan history update request information to the user terminal 140 in a short distance communication manner. By receiving the scan history update request, the user terminal 140 can recognize that the insulin injection has been completed.

The user presses the push button 126 to operate in the semi-push mode in which the notification unit 120 transmits the scan content verification request information so that if the verification response information received from the user terminal 140 indicates & The insulin injection will be performed after manipulating the syringe unit 115 according to one scan capacity and type of scan.

At this time, the user performs a capacity setting dial operation provided in the disposable / cartridge type pen-type insulin syringe so as to match the scanning capacity set by the scanning capacity setting unit 124 of the notification unit 120 for verification, .

However, if the notification unit 120 is implemented as a cartridge-mounted pen-type insulin syringe, the scan capacity setting capacity setting dial may be integrated and implemented as described above. At this time, The insulin in the cartridge will be injected into the body by pushing the injection button after inserting it into the skin.

The user may transmit the scan history update request information to the user terminal 140 prior to the insulin injection using the syringe unit 115 or press the push button 126 to the fully pressed state after the insulin scan, To the user terminal (140).

The scan history update request information may include scan content information (e.g., scan capacity information, scan type information, etc.) verified by the user terminal 140 by transmitting the scan content verification request information by a user.

When the push button 126 is pressed in the fully pressed state, the notifying unit 120 transmits the scan history update request information to the user terminal 140, and then sets the scan capacity setting unit 124 can initialize the currently set scan capacity and insulin scan type.

The user terminal 140 is connected to the notification unit 120 through a short-range communication method to induce a user, who is a diabetic patient, to perform insulin injection at a designated time, and also performs verification of the insulin contents set by the user.

The user terminal 140 may be a portable electronic device having a communication function such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and the like. One or more of an alarm performing unit 146, a scan content managing unit 148, a scan part managing unit 150, and a measure item informing unit 152, which will be described later, may be implemented by a program code, The program can be installed in the user terminal 140 and driven.

The user terminal 140 includes a terminal communication unit 142, a touch screen unit 144, an alarm execution unit 146, a scan content management unit 148, a scan part management unit 150, a measure item guidance unit 152, And may include a portion 154.

The terminal communication unit 142 transmits and receives data to and from the terminal communication unit 142 and the blood glucose meter 160 of the user terminal 140 using a local communication method.

The touch screen unit 144 may include operation state information of the user terminal 140, alarm information by the alarm performing unit 146, verification result information based on the scan content verification request information received from the notification unit 120, Information on the action by the blood glucose meter 152, injection site information by the injection site management unit 150, blood glucose measurement information measured by the blood glucose meter 160, and the like. The touch screen unit 144 may be implemented, for example, as a touch sensitive screen device having an integrated display function and an input function.

The alarm performing unit 146 determines whether or not the current time corresponds to the scan time information stored in the terminal storage unit 154, and performs alarm processing if the current time matches the scan time information.

The alarm processing can be performed through visual processing such as blinking operation of the touch screen unit 144 and auditory processing such as alarm sound output. Of course, tactile processing such as vibration generation may be performed.

The alarm processing by the alarm performing unit 146 may be performed by the user terminal 140 but the alarm performing unit 146 may transmit the scan execution request to the notification unit 120 via the terminal communication unit 142, The LED unit 128 of the notifying unit 120 receiving the request performs the blinking operation and the display unit 130 performs alarm processing such as displaying the related information to notify the user that the insulin injection should be performed can do.

The user can cancel the alarm process by operating the push button 126 of the notification unit 120 and / or the touch screen unit 144. When the alarm process is canceled, the scan content management unit 148 controls the terminal storage unit And displays the scan history information (for example, capacity, scan type, and the like) for the immediately preceding insulin scan on the touch screen unit 144. The scan area management unit 150 also displays the scan history information It is possible to display information on a region on the touch screen unit 144.

The scan content management unit 148 may display the blood glucose measurement information stored in the terminal storage unit 154 provided from the blood glucose meter 160 so that the user can easily set the scan contents using the notification unit 120, (144).

The alarm performing unit 146 monitors whether or not the user actually performed the insulin injection even after the alarm is released by the user.

That is, when the alarm is canceled, the alarm performing unit 146 may determine whether or not the insulin injection is performed after a predetermined waiting time (for example, 15 minutes), and may perform the re-alarm process if the insulin injection is not performed.

Whether the insulin injection is performed can be determined as to whether or not the scan history update request information is received from the notification unit 120 by the full push of the push button 126. [

 However, if the alarm is not released, it is natural that the alarm process can be repeated at a predetermined time interval (for example, five minutes).

If the insulin injection has not been performed until the predetermined time limit (for example, one hour) has elapsed, regardless of whether or not the alarm is canceled, the alarm performing unit 146 not only performs a re- (E. G., To prompt an insulin injection and confirm the current status of the user) with one or more recipient identifiers (e. G., Phone numbers, Mobile Instant Messenger And transmits the message to the terminal communication unit 142 via the terminal communication unit 142.

The notification message can be transmitted using, for example, an SMS message transmitted / received through a mobile communication company, an MIM application program installed in the user terminal, or the like.

As described above, the user can perform the insulin injection at the insulin injection time through the alarm process of the alarm performing unit 146. If the user can not perform the insulin injection due to sudden stunning or the like, There is an advantage that you can check the current status immediately.

The scan content management unit 148 performs verification in accordance with the scan content verification request received from the notification unit 120 by the semi-push operation of the pushbutton 126 provided in the notification unit 120. [

For example, the scan content management unit 148 may store the scan capacity, the type of scan to be scanned, and the like included in the scan content verification request information in the terminal storage unit 154, the blood glucose measurement information stored in the terminal storage unit 154, And generates verification response information in accordance with the verification result and transmits the verification response information to the notification unit 120 through the terminal communication unit 142. [

At this time, considering the tendency such as convergence of the blood glucose pattern interpreted based on the blood glucose measurement information and the scan history information for the past several days stored in the terminal storage unit 154 to a predetermined normal value range or the like, It can also be verified. The method of calculating the appropriate insulin injection amount and determining the type of the injection based on the patient information according to the terminal storage unit 154 will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The injection site management unit 150 provides information on a body part to be subjected to insulin injection at the time of an alarm processing according to a predetermined scan time and / or a semi-push operation of the push button 126 by the user.

The information on the injection site can be provided by specifying the unscreened injection target site within a predetermined period of time among the predetermined injection target sites by referring to the scan history information stored in the terminal storage unit 154. For example, Visual processing through section 144, and auditory processing through a speaker.

At this time, the region to be injected may be preferentially selected with respect to the region to be injected having a better insulin absorption rate when the insulin absorption rate differs between regions to be injected in advance.

FIG. 3 illustrates a body part to be injected with insulin. In general, insulin injections are performed in the order of abdomen, upper arm, thigh and buttocks with good absorption rate, and they are injected in the same region and then moved to another region.

As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the abdomen can be assigned to 31 injection sites at intervals of 1-2 cm except for the vicinity of the navel having a large vascular distribution, and in FIG. 3 (b) A plurality of injection sites can also be designated in the buttocks and the like.

As described above, the reason for designating a plurality of insulin injection sites is that repeated injections of the same site cause local proliferation or fat atrophy, resulting in decreased insulin absorption and increased pain.

When the scan history update request is received from the notification unit 120, the scan site management unit 150 may update the scan history information so that the specified scan target site is changed to the scanned target site.

The measure information guide 152 may include information on the measures that the user should refer to or observe after the insulin injection has been performed (for example, induction of a meal within 15 minutes for a fast-acting insulin injection, regular exercise instruction, Guidance on how to cope with an emergency situation when inserting persistent hypoglycemic measurement information, guidance on insulin storage method, etc.) is displayed on the touch screen unit 144 and output through the speaker unit.

The terminal storage unit 154 stores an operation program of the user terminal 140, patient information input by a user or received via a communication network (for example, age, sex, diabetes type (type 1 or 2), insulin carbohydrate The insulin sensitivity index, etc.), the scan time information, the scan content verification request information received from the notification unit 120, the verification method for performing the scan content verification (for example, the insulin injection amount corresponding to the blood glucose measurement) , Identification information for recognizing the scan type, scan history information of the user, blood glucose measurement information provided by the blood glucose meter 160, and the like. The scan history information can be updated using the scan history update request information received by the full push operation of the push button 126 provided in the notification unit 120. [

The blood glucose meter 160 is a device for measuring blood sugar of a user in an invasive or non-invasive manner and may be equipped with a local communication means for transmitting the generated blood glucose measurement information to the user terminal 140. [ The method of measuring the blood glucose of the user by the blood glucose meter 160 and generating the blood glucose measurement information will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and thus a description thereof will be omitted.

The diabetic patient management system including the injection device 110, the user terminal 140, and the blood glucose meter 160 has been described.

At this time, the scanning device 110, the user terminal 140, and the blood glucose meter 160 may be configured independently of each other. However, the user terminal 140 may be integrated with the blood glucose meter 160 or the scanning device 110 The scanning device 110, the user terminal 140, and the blood glucose meter 160 may all be integrated. At this time, it is natural that one of the redundant components may be omitted or two or more components may be integrally implemented in a process of integrating two or more devices into one.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of managing a scanning time according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in operation 410, the user terminal 140 refers to scan time information stored in the terminal storage unit 154 to determine whether the current time corresponds to a predetermined scan time.

If it does not match the predetermined scan time, the process waits at step 410.

However, if the predetermined scanning time is met, the user terminal 140 performs alarm processing according to a predetermined notification method at step 420. [ At this time, information on the scan history information (for example, capacity, scan type, etc.) for the immediately previous insulin scan stored in the terminal storage unit 154 and information about the injection site to perform scan at the current time are provided to the user As described above.

At step 430, the user terminal 140 determines whether the user has performed insulin injections. Whether or not the insulin injection is performed can be determined as to whether or not the scan history update request information is received by the push button 126 operation from the notification unit 120. [

If an insulin injection has been performed, the process returns to step 410 to wait until a later designated injection time.

If, however, insulin injection has not been performed, the user terminal 140 performs a re-alarm process in a pre-specified manner depending on whether the alarm is released in step 440.

The user can release the alarm processing by operating the push button 126 of the notification unit 120 and / or the touch screen unit 144. [

If the alarm is not released, the user terminal 140 may repeat the alarm process at predetermined time intervals (e.g., five minutes). In addition, if the alarm is canceled, it is determined whether insulin injection has been performed after a predetermined waiting time (for example, 15 minutes), and a re-alarm is performed if no insulin injection has been performed.

In addition, the user terminal 140 not only performs a re-alarm if the insulin injection has not been performed until the predetermined time limit (for example, one hour) has elapsed, regardless of whether the alarm is released or not, Through the terminal communication unit 142, a notification message (for example, a message prompting the insulin injection and inducing the user to check the current state of the user) as one of the recipient identifiers stored in advance.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a scan content verification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, at step 510, the user terminal 140 determines whether a scan content verification request has been received from the notification unit 120.

The scan content verification request may be transmitted to the user terminal 140 by a semi-push operation on the push button 126 of the notification unit 120. The scan content verification request may include, for example, The scan capacity information adjusted using the scan capacity setting unit 124 of the storage unit 120 and the information about the scan type of the insulin injection. As described above, it is needless to say that actual implementations of the semi-push operation and the full push operation may differ depending on the configuration of the push button 126. [

In step 520, the user terminal 140 verifies the suitability of the scan content information included in the received scan content verification request. The terminal storage unit 154 of the user terminal 140 stores in advance information on a verification method (e.g., an insulin injection amount corresponding to blood glucose measurement) for performing the scan contents verification, and the terminal storage unit 154 , It is possible to verify the appropriateness of the scan contents in consideration of the trend such as convergence of the blood glucose pattern interpreted based on the scan history information and the blood glucose measurement information for the past several days stored in the normal range or the like.

In step 530, the user terminal 140 determines whether the scan content included in the scan content verification request received from the notification unit 120 is appropriate, and if not, the user terminal 140, in step 540, And sends a modification instruction request for content change to the notification unit 120. [

The LED unit 128 provided in the notification unit 120 is flickered and operated by the correction instruction request, so that the user can recognize that the set scan contents are not appropriate. In addition, correction instruction information (for example, change of scan type, adjustment of a scan amount, etc.) to be displayed through the display unit 130 may be included in the correction instruction request to improve the convenience of the user to modify the scan contents.

If, however, the scan content verification request received from the notification unit is appropriate, then the user terminal 140 sends verification response information to the notification unit 120 at step 550. And also displays the injection site information on which the insulin injection is to be performed on the touch screen unit 144. If each of the scanning target portions is specified as a number, the number corresponding to the selected scanning target portion may be displayed in the display unit 130 of the notification unit 120 by transmitting the number included in the verification response information.

In step 560, the user terminal 140 determines whether or not insulin injection has been performed. Whether or not the insulin injection is performed can be determined as to whether or not the scan history update request information is received by the push button 126 operation from the notification unit 120 as described above.

If no insulin injections have been performed, then wait at step 560.

However, if the insulin injection has been performed, the process proceeds to step 570, where the user terminal 140 updates the scan history information stored in the terminal storage unit 154 using the scan history update request information received from the notification unit 120. [

It is a matter of course that the diabetic patient management method such as the injection time management method and the scan content verification method may be performed in an automated procedure in a time series sequence by a program built in or installed in the digital processing apparatus. The codes and code segments that make up the program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. In addition, the program is stored in a computer readable medium readable by the digital processing apparatus, and is read and executed by the digital processing apparatus to implement the method. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

110: Injection device 115: Syringe unit
120: notification unit 122:
124: Scanning capacity setting unit 126: Push button
128: LED unit 130: display unit
132: syringe storage unit 140: user terminal
142: terminal communication unit 144: touch screen unit
146: alarm performing unit 148: scan content managing unit
150: Injection site management unit 152:
154: terminal storage unit 160: blood glucose meter

Claims (12)

In a diabetic patient management system,
A scanning device for transmitting a scan content verification request by a first operation on a button part and transmitting a scan history update request by a second operation on the button part; And
When the scan content verification request is received from the scanning device connected by the short-range communication method, the first scan content information included in the scan content verification request is verified by referring to previously stored patient information, blood glucose measurement information, and past insulin scan data Generates response information and transmits the generated response information to the scanning device and updates the stored scan history information using the second scan information included in the scan history update request when the scan history update request is received A diabetic patient management system.
The method according to claim 1,
The injection device includes a pen-type syringe and a cap-type notification unit that is fitted to one side of the pen-type syringe,
The notification unit,
The button unit including at least one input button;
A scanning capacity setting unit for setting an insulin unit to be scanned;
A storage unit for storing scan capacity information for the set insulin unit and scan type information for insulin contained in the cartridge of the pen-type syringe; And
And a display unit that is one or more of an LED unit and a display unit for displaying information corresponding to the verification response information.
3. The method of claim 2,
The notification unit,
Further comprising a tag reader for reading the electronic tag included in the pen-type injector to generate the scan type information.
The method according to claim 1,
The user terminal comprises:
A terminal communication unit for receiving a scan content verification request from the scanning device and transmitting the verification response information to the scanning device;
A terminal storage unit for storing the patient information, the blood glucose measurement information, and past insulin scan data; And
And a scan content management unit for verifying the first scan content information including the scan capacity information and the scan type information with reference to the patient information, the blood sugar measurement information and the past insulin scan data, and generating the verification response information Features a diabetic patient management system.
5. The method of claim 4,
When the scan time information is further stored in the terminal storage unit,
The user terminal comprises:
An output unit including at least one of a touch screen unit and a speaker unit; And
Further comprising an alarm execution unit for determining whether or not the current time corresponds to the scan time information and outputting at least one of visual information and auditory information through the output unit if the current time corresponds to the scan time information. A diabetic patient management system.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the alarm execution unit transmits a scan execution request to the scanning device so that at least one output of the time information and the auditory information is performed in the scanning device.
6. The method of claim 5,
If more than one recipient information is stored in the terminal storage,
Wherein the alarm execution unit transmits a notification message using the recipient information if the scan history update request is not received from the scanning device until a predetermined limit time expires.
5. The method of claim 4,
The user terminal comprises:
A scanning section for outputting the scanning site information specifying one scanning target site that has not been scanned within a predetermined period of the predetermined scanning target sites by using at least one of the touch screen section and the speaker section when the scanning content verification request is received, And a part management part,
Wherein the injection site management unit updates the scan history information so that, when the scan history update request is received, the scan target site corresponding to the injection site information is recognized as an already scanned target site.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first operation is a semi-push operation for the input button and the second operation is a full-push operation for the input button.
In a diabetic patient care method,
Transmitting a scan content verification request to a user terminal connected by a local area communication method when a first operation of a button unit is detected by the scanning device;
Generating verification response information for verifying the first scan content information included in the scan content verification request with reference to the patient information, blood glucose measurement information and past insulin scan data stored in advance by the user terminal, and transmitting the generated verification response information to the scanning device;
Transmitting a scan history update request to the user terminal when the scanning device detects a second operation on the button portion; And
And updating and storing the previously stored scan history information using the second scan content information included in the scan history update request by the user terminal.
11. The method of claim 10,
Determining whether the user terminal corresponds to scan time information previously stored in advance;
Performing alarm processing for outputting at least one of visual information and auditory information through the output unit if the user terminal corresponds to the previously stored scan time information;
Determining whether the scan history update request is received from the scanning device before the predetermined time limit; And
And transmitting an alert message using one or more previously stored recipient information if the scan history update request is not received.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the user terminal uses one or more of the touch screen unit and the speaker unit to specify the injection site information that specifies one injection target site that has not been scanned within a predetermined period of time among the predetermined injection target sites, Outputting; And
And updating the scan history information so that the user terminal recognizes the scan target site corresponding to the scan site information as an already scanned target site when the scan history update request is received.

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