Insulin pump having correction factors
Methods of regulating blood glucose levels using an insulin pump are disclosed. A method includes receiving a current blood glucose level, and determining whether the current blood glucose level is above a threshold value. The method also includes calculating a correction bolus value based upon the current blood glucose.
1 . A method of regulating blood glucose levels using an insulin pump, the method comprising:
receiving a current blood glucose level;
determining whether the current blood glucose level is above a threshold value; and
calculating a correction bolus value based upon the current blood glucose.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising delivering the correction bolus to the user.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
upon determining that the current blood glucose level is above the threshold value, altering a correction bolus calculation factor;
calculating the correction bolus value using the correction factor.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon determining that the current blood glucose level is above the threshold value, increasing the correction bolus value by a predefined amount.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the predefined amount is a percentage of the correction bolus value.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising prompting a user to input the percentage and the threshold value to define a rule.
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising prompting the user to define a plurality of rules.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the pump prompts the user.
9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a computing system interfaced with the pump prompts the user.
10 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising displaying the predefined amount on a display of the insulin pump.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the correction bolus value on a display of the insulin pump.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein calculating a correction bolus value is further based on an insulin absorption model selected from a plurality of insulin absorption models.
13 . An insulin pump comprising:
a pump mechanism;
a memory configured to store one or more blood glucose levels;
a programmable circuit arranged to control the pump mechanism and operatively connected to the memory, the programmable circuit programmed to:
receive a current blood glucose level;
determine whether the current blood glucose level is above a threshold value; and
calculate a correction bolus value based upon the current blood glucose.
14 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to deliver the correction bolus to the user.
15 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to, upon determining that the current blood glucose level is above the threshold value, alter a correction bolus calculation factor.
16 . The insulin pump of claim 15 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to calculating the correction bolus value using the correction bolus calculation factor.
17 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to, upon determining that the current blood glucose level is above the threshold value, increasing the correction bolus value by a predefined amount.
18 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the predefined amount is a percentage of the correction bolus value.
19 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to prompt a user to input the percentage and the threshold value to define a rule.
20 . The insulin pump of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuit is further programmed to prompt the user to define a plurality of rules.
21 . An insulin pump comprising:
a pump mechanism;
a memory configured to store one or more rules, each rule including a threshold and a percentage;
a programmable circuit arranged to control the pump mechanism and operatively connected to the memory, the programmable circuit programmed to:
prompt a user to input the threshold value and the percentage for at least one rule;
receive a current blood glucose level;
determine whether the current blood glucose level is above a threshold value;
upon determining that the current blood glucose level is above the threshold value, alter a correction bolus calculation factor;
calculate a correction bolus value based upon the correction factor; and deliver the correction bolus to the user.