Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Daniel P Birtwhistle

Robert E Reinke

Ulrich Porsch

Raymond Strickland

John F Price

Igor Gejdos

Kai-Oliver Schwenker

Blaine Edward Ramey

David Bradley Markisohn

Mark Nierzwick

Thomas D Gurley

Eric Stephen Carlsgaard

James R Long

James Duane Tenbarge

Timothy L Beck

Hans P Jensen

Thorsten Schroeder

Michael L Flis

Jonathon Fuller

Samer M Dajani

Max Moser

Eric Rachner

Kevin J Friedman

Samer Dajani

The present disclosure relates to a device configuration method for configuring a diabetes management device by a diabetes management system, the diabetes management system residing on a server computer, the method comprising: receiving, by the diabetes management system, a therapy setting instruction from a computing device, validating, by the diabetes management system, the credentials of the healthcare provider by way of a validation service based on the identification information, determining, by the diabetes management system, whether the therapy setting instruction is valid based on an association between the diabetes management system, the patient, and the healthcare provider; transmitting, by the diabetes management system, one or more parameters for configuring the feature defined by the therapy setting to the subject diabetes management device; and canceling, by the diabetes management system, the therapy setting instruction in response to the therapy setting instruction being invalid. Further, a method for issuing a prescription for configuring a diabetes management device by way of a prescription system and a diabetes management system, and a diabetes management system for processing a therapy setting instruction issued by a computing device operated by a healthcare provider is provided.

Method for configuring diabetes management device by healthcare provider

A method for activating a physician-prescribable feature of an application program executed on a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the application program, an activation code to activate a feature of the application program and one or more parameters associated with a prescription. The method includes transmitting, by the application program, the activation code to a server and receiving an authorization code from the server, where the authorization code indicates a validity of the activation code. The method includes activating, by the application program, the feature using the activation code, the activation being performed in response to the activation code being valid; configuring, by the application program, the activated feature using at least one of the one or more parameters associated with the prescription; and generating, using the activated feature, data based on the one or more parameters associated with the prescription.

Mobile phone application for diabetes care with medical feature activation

Diabetes care management system and method for transferring medical data from a handheld medical recording device to a host computer via a data transfer component. The steps of the data transfer component comprising detecting a data upload request and detecting a medical device ready to communicate, verifying a unique ID, receiving patient medical data, including an authentication token with patient medical data, and sending patient medical data along with the authentication token for association with a user account.

Medical data transfer component

A computer-implemented diabetes management system is provided that supports enhanced security between a diabetes care manager in data communication with a medical device. The diabetes care manager includes: a first application that operates to request access to a first security role supported by the medical device, where the first security role is associated with a first set of commands for accessing data on the medical device that are defined as a private extension of the communication protocol; and a second application that operates to request access to a second security role supported by the medical device, where the second security role is associated with a second set of commands for accessing data on the medical device that are defined as a private extension of the communication protocol. The second set of commands has one or more commands that are mutually exclusive from the first set of commands.

Coexistence of multiple radios in a medical device

A diabetes management system is provided that employs a communication protocol with enhanced security. The diabetes management system includes: a medical device operable to perform a diabetes care function in relation to a patient and store data related to the operation thereof; and a diabetes care manager in data communication with the medical device using a communication protocol defined in accordance with IEEE standard 11073. The diabetes care manager is able to request access to a given security role supported by the medical device, where the given security role is associated with a set of commands that are defined as a private extension of the communication protocol.

Communication protocol for medical devices that supports enhanced security

Secure transmission of electronic data via a data communication link is provided between a device and an additional device with independent transmission channels, wherein at least one of the devices is a medical device. Secure transmission comprises the following steps or means: providing a password in the device, receiving the password in the a additional device separate from the data communication link, selecting one of the independent transmission channels, encrypting the channel identification of the selected independent transmission channel using the received password in the additional device, transmitting the encrypted channel identification from the additional device to the device via the data communication link and decrypting the encrypted channel identification in the device, providing a session key in the device and the additional device and transmitting encrypted electronic data between the device and the additional device via the independent transmission channel.

Medical device with secure data transmission

A distribution server for distributing updates for medical devices is disclosed. The distribution server can provide an update to a configuration device which configures a device to be updated. The distribution server includes a portal that allows an update provider to provide an update package including an update file and update package data relating to the update file. The update package data includes dependency data indicating a condition that must be satisfied by the configuration device or a second device so that the update file can be installed on the device to be updated. The distribution server further includes a database that is configured to store package data of a plurality of update packages and locations of update files of the plurality of update packages. The server further includes a distribution module that receives an inquiry on behalf of a medical device and provides a list of available update packages.

Remote configuration and selective distribution of product content to medical devices

A computer-implemented method is provided for distributing product updates from a configuration device to one or more handheld medical device. The method includes: receiving a request to download a product update to a requesting medical device; determining dependencies that must be met before the product update can be downloaded to the requesting medical device, where at least one of the dependencies specifies a version of software that resides on a device which is interoperable with the requesting medical device; receiving a listing of peer devices from the requesting medical device; determining software residing on a given peer device for each peer device in the listing of peer devices; comparing the at least one dependency with the software residing on each peer device in the listing of peer devices; and distributing the product update to the requesting medical device when the at least one dependency is met.

Software distribution amongst medical devices taking into account dependencies between devices

A method for accessing a user's account by customer support without viewing the user's private data includes receiving, in an application module communicating with a web service, a request for authentication by a support person using a linked user-support login name. The method includes authenticating the user, authenticating the support person and retrieving a current session of the user as viewed by the user on an electronic screen of a processing device of the user. The method further includes dynamically redacting private data of the user from the user session to create a redacted user session, and delivering the redacted user session for display in an electronic screen of a processing device of the support person.

Customer support account with restricted patient data access

A computer-implemented system is provided for distributing product updates to medical devices. An update interface residing on a distribution platform is configured to distribute product updates and maintain a log of such distributions in an audit database. A configuration device in data communication with the update interface registers itself with the update interface and downloads product updates from the update interface, such that the registration includes providing identifying information for the configuration device and a user of the configuration device. A medical device in data communication with the configuration device registers itself with the configuration device and downloads a particular product update from the configuration device, such that the configuration device creates a record of the particular product update and communications the record of the particular product update to the update interface. In this way, product updates distributed via the configuration device are recorded and tracked for regulatory purposes.

Managing software distribution for regulatory compliance

A method for capturing a user's view of an electronic screen having an error message in a health management application without showing private information of the user includes receiving an error message from a web service responding to a request for a web page by the user. The method includes receiving an electronic file of the web page with the error message, redacting private information of the user from the electronic file to create a redacted electronic file, and storing the redacted electronic file in a support log module.

Customer error screen capture

Systems and methods for disease management

A method includes: receiving a revocation list from a remote data server at a configuration device. The revocation list includes N cryptographic certificates associated with N computer software entities, respectively, that are not to be executed by any of a group of medical devices including a handheld medical device. N is an integer greater than or equal to zero The method further includes receiving data from the handheld medical device at the configuration device. The data includes a cryptographic certificate that is associated with a given computer software entity that is presently installed in memory of the handheld medical device for execution by the handheld medical device. The method further includes comparing the cryptographic certificate with the revocation list; and selectively executing a protective function by the configuration device when the cryptographic certificate is the same as one of the N cryptographic certificates of the revocation list.

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Daniel P Birtwhistle