Patent ID: 9710604
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01N,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of visually indicating different glycemic states of a user for one or more different glycemic ranges of glucose values by automatically adjusting the one or more different glycemic ranges of glucose values of the glucose meter, the glucose meter having a user interface and a display operatively connected to a microprocessor and non-volatile memory, the one or more different glycemic ranges comprising a general glycemic range of glucose values varying between a general preset minimum value and a general preset maximum value, and the method comprising the steps of: entering into the microprocessor via the user interface of the glucose meter at least one of an input low value or an input high value to define the general glycemic range of glucose values; adjusting and storing the general preset minimum value of the general glycemic range in the non-volatile memory of the glucose meter, responsive to the input high value being less than the general preset minimum value, by setting the general preset minimum value to a new low value, the new low value being lower than the input high value or equal to a minimum permitted low value; adjusting and storing the general preset maximum value of the general glycemic range in the non-volatile memory of the glucose meter, responsive to the input low value being greater than the general preset maximum value, by setting the general preset maximum value to a new high value greater than the input low value or equal to a maximum permitted high value; and responsive to a glucose measurement of the user with the glucose meter being in the general glycemic range stored in the non-volatile memory of the glucose meter, visually indicating a general glycemic state of the user from among the different glycemic states with a common visual indicator key.