Patent ID: 7450986

Claim:
A non-invasive method of determining the value, presence or onset of a hypoglycemia condition in a patient known to be susceptible to hypoglycemia comprising the steps of: determining base parameters of a patient at which the onset of hypoglycemia is likely to occur, said base parameters including: skin impedance, heart rate, QT interval, and mean or peak frequency of an alpha wave; continuously monitoring the patient's parameters comprising: skin impedance, heart rate, QT interval, and mean or peak frequency of the alpha wave; establishing whether one or more of those monitored parameters changes, and if so, the rate of change of that parameter or parameters; feeding data obtained from said monitoring and said establishing into a neural network processor programmed with a fast learning algorithm; comparing the data to the base parameters for that patient; and based on said comparing, causing a signal to be generated either when said neural network establishes conditions that suggest a presence or imminent onset of a hypoglycemic condition, or when said neural network has estimated a value of said hypoglycemic condition.