TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING INSULIN FORMULATIONS IN AN AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM

1 . An automated insulin delivery device, comprising:

a wireless interface with a glucose sensor for providing blood glucose concentration readings of a user;

a plurality of insulin reservoirs, each of the plurality of insulin reservoirs holding a different one of a plurality of insulin types, each of the plurality of insulin types having a different strength;

a storage medium storing programming instructions and user glucose information, the user glucose information comprising the blood glucose concentration readings, predicted future blood glucose concentration readings, and user activity information;

a processor for executing the programming instructions in the storage media to:

determine an insulin strength based on the user glucose information,

determine an insulin formulation ratio to generate an insulin formulation having the insulin strength using the plurality of insulin types;

an insulin formulation device to generate the insulin formulation; and

an insulin delivery component to deliver the insulin formulation to the user.

2 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the plurality of reservoirs comprising two reservoirs, a first reservoir of the two reservoirs holding a rapid-acting insulin and a second reservoir of the two reservoirs holding a long-acting insulin.

3 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the user glucose information comprising at least one of a meal event value, a carbohydrate ingestion value, or an increased activity value.

4 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the user glucose information comprising a meal event value determined based on a glucose concentration trend deviation factor and one or more secondary factors.

5 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the user glucose information comprising a carbohydrate ingestion event value determined based on a glucose concentration trend deviation factor and one or more secondary factors.

6 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 5 , the one or more secondary factors comprising at least one of a time of day or historical mealtimes of the user.

7 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the processor executes the programming instructions to access insulin strength information and determine the insulin strength by comparing at least one event value determined based on the user glucose information to the insulin strength information.

8 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the plurality of insulin comprising at least two of rapid-acting insulin, long-acting insulin, short-acting insulin, or intermediate acting insulin (NPH).

9 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , the glucose information comprising a plurality of event values, each of the plurality of event values being assigned a weight for determining the insulin strength.

10 . The automated insulin delivery device of claim 1 , at least one of the plurality of reservoirs configured to store the insulin formulation for delivery to the user.

11 . A method performed by an Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) system, the method comprising:

determining blood glucose concentration readings of a user;

storing a plurality of insulin types in a plurality of insulin reservoirs, each of the plurality of insulin types having a different strength;

determining an insulin strength based on user glucose information;

determining an insulin formulation ratio to generate an insulin formulation having the insulin strength using the plurality of insulin types;

generating the insulin formulation; and

delivering the insulin formulation to the user.

12 . The method of claim 11 , the plurality of reservoirs comprising two reservoirs, a first reservoir of the two reservoirs holding a rapid-acting insulin and a second reservoir of the two reservoirs holding a long-acting insulin.

13 . The method of claim 11 , the glucose information comprising at least one of a meal event value, a carbohydrate ingestion value, or an increased activity value.

14 . The method of claim 11 , the glucose information comprising a meal event value determined based on a glucose concentration trend deviation factor and one or more secondary factors.

15 . The method of claim 11 , the glucose information a carbohydrate ingestion event value determined based on a glucose concentration trend deviation factor and one or more secondary factors.

16 . The method of claim 15 , the one or more secondary factors comprising at least one of a time of day or historical mealtimes of the user.

17 . The method of claim 11 , comprising accessing insulin strength information and determining the insulin strength by comparing at least one event value determined based on the user glucose information to the insulin strength information.

18 . The method of claim 11 , the plurality of insulin comprising at least two of rapid-acting insulin, long-acting insulin, short-acting insulin, or intermediate acting insulin (NPH).

19 . The method of claim 11 , the glucose information comprising a plurality of event values, each of the plurality of event values being assigned a weight for determining the insulin strength.

20 . The method of claim 11 , at least one of the plurality of reservoirs configured to store the insulin formulation for delivery to the user.