Patent ID: 8775961

Claim:
An error-reducing method for operating a computing device that includes a user interface, a processor and memory to configure a medical device, the method being performed by the processor and comprising: displaying on the user interface a parameter modification screen having a navigation menu and an active window that a user utilizes to modify parameters of a configuration file of the medical device, wherein content displayed in active window changes depending on the operation being performed; receiving manual input via the user interface from the user which modifies one or more parameters in the configuration file resulting in one or more modified parameters; receiving manual input via the user interface from the user of a saving selection; establishing communication with the medical device in response to the saving selection being to the medical device; determining automatically if the one or more modified parameter in the configuration file is focal in that the one or more modified parameter are unique to the patient and remaining ones of the modified parameters are non-focal in that the remaining ones of the modified parameters are suitable for any patient of the medical device; displaying the entire configuration file with the modified parameters highlighted on the display screen in response to determining that the configuration file contains modified parameters that are focal; displaying only the modified parameters if the processor determines that the configuration file does not contain the modified parameters that are focal; prompting a manual confirmation for each of the displayed and highlighted modified parameters; receiving the manual confirmation through the user interface from the user for each of the displayed and highlighted modified parameters; prompting automatically for a manual re-entry of the modification to a displayed and highlighted modified parameter which is focal in response to receiving the manual confirmation; receiving through the user interface the manual re-entry of the modification to the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter that is focal; determining automatically whether the manual re-entry of the modification to the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter matches the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter; designating the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameters as valid if the manual re-entry of the modification to the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter matches the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter, otherwise prompting for another manual re-entry of the displayed and highlighted focal modified parameter or a change to the configuration file; storing automatically the configuration file in memory of the medical device once every determined focal modified parameter has been designated valid; and wherein the navigation menu includes a Save Settings button and a Basal Rates and Bolus button with an indicator denoting the existence of a dropdown menu.