Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Lisa McCool

Paul J Galley

John F Price

Richard W Wilson

A method for conducting a Testing In Pairs (TIPs) blood glucose (bG) test using a handheld diabetes management device carried by a user. A processing subsystem of the device implements a software module for managing the TIPs test. The software module generates a plurality of predetermined acceptance time windows corresponding to different user defined events. The processing subsystem can identify specific ones of a plurality of bG test values read by the device that are obtained during the predetermined bG acceptance time windows, and which are identified as being related pairs of accepted bG test values that correspond to specific ones of the user defined events. The related pairs of accepted bG test values can then be stored in a database.

Handheld diabetes management device having testing in pairs blood glucose test

A method is disclosed for managing a three day profile blood glucose (bG) measurements that are provided by a user using a handheld diabetes management device. The method may involve configuring a database carried by the device to store a plurality of bG test values input by a user for each day of a three day test period. The bG test values are required to be provided by the user in accordance with a predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows during each day of the three day test period. If two or more windows are open concurrently when a given bG test value is obtained, the system allows the user to select the appropriate time window that the given bG test value should be associated with. A processing subsystem of the device determines if at least a predetermined minimum plurality of the stored bG test values has been provided by the user during the predetermined plurality of differing acceptance time windows for each day of the three day test period and, if so, the processing subsystem accepts the bG test values provided by the user when compiling results for a three day bG profile.

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Newburgh, IN, United States of America

Lisa McCool