Patent ID: 7869851

Claim:
A method of computing a recommended insulin bolus quantity when a measured glucose value in a current time interval of a number of adjacent time intervals, each of the number of adjacent time intervals defining an associated target glucose value and an insulin sensitivity value, exceeds the target glucose value for the current time interval and when a time duration of glucose lowering action of the recommended insulin bolus quantity to be administered extends from the current time interval into a number of next adjacent time intervals, the method comprising the steps of: determining with a processor a plurality of percentages each corresponding to a percentage of insulin action of the recommended bolus quantity that will be used lowering the glucose level during a respective one of the current time interval and each of the number of next adjacent time intervals, and computing with the processor the recommended bolus quantity as a function of the measured glucose value, the target blood glucose level for a last one of the number of next adjacent time intervals, the insulin sensitivities for the current and each of the number of next adjacent time intervals, and the plurality of percentages.