Patent ID: 11872033
Assignee: LIFESCAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method for alerting a user of an event related to an analyte concentration in a physiological fluid, the method comprising:
continuously monitoring the analyte concentration of the physiological fluid;
determining a trend of the analyte concentration based on historical measurements;
displaying, using a graphical user interface, historical analyte concentration levels and a trend indication animation; and
causing the trend indication animation comprising a first visual element configured by at least one processor to have a periodic motion between a first position and a second position on the display in one of a plurality of trend directions, wherein the trend direction of the periodic motion between the first and second positions indicates whether the analyte concentration is increasing or decreasing and the rate of change of the analyte concentration level, further providing the first visual element with a changeable period of the periodic motion between the first and second positions to indicate a severity of an excursion of the analyte concentration and wherein the first visual element comprises two trend-indicating bubbles disposed beneath a static center bubble in the graphical user interface, wherein the two trend-indicating movable bubbles are configured to move in unison in the trend direction between the first and second positions relative to the static center bubble and according to the periodic motion and in which a portion of one of the two trend-indicating bubbles is caused to emerge from beneath the static bubble in the second position and a portion of the other of the two trend-indicating bubbles is caused to move further beneath the static center bubble, wherein the combined periodic movement of the two trend-indicating bubbles between the first and second position relative to the static center bubble provides a clear indication of a trend in one of the plurality of trend directions.