Therapy management techniques for an implantable medical device
First Claim
1. A computing device in communication with an implantable device for delivering therapy a patient, the device having a a therapy monitor module configured to monitor at least one performance parameter, the computing device comprising in combination:
- (a) a therapy management module for determining management of medical therapy based upon the performance parameter from the therapy monitor module;
(b) a memory for storing therein the therapy management module and at least one requirement parameter; and
(c) a telemetry module providing bi-directional communication between the computing device and the implantable device.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically adjusting drug infusion rate to optimize treatment therapy. The implantable medical device communicates with a database or algorithm controlled by a caregiver or physician. Thus, the caregiver may request a therapy change (e.g., infusion rate versus time, pump clock settings, etc.) or a therapy management module may automatically activate the therapy change at some future time for convenience, or for technical or clinical reasons.
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16 Claims
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1. A computing device in communication with an implantable device for delivering therapy a patient, the device having a a therapy monitor module configured to monitor at least one performance parameter, the computing device comprising in combination:
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(a) a therapy management module for determining management of medical therapy based upon the performance parameter from the therapy monitor module;
(b) a memory for storing therein the therapy management module and at least one requirement parameter; and
(c) a telemetry module providing bi-directional communication between the computing device and the implantable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13)
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7. A system for providing treatment therapy to a patient comprising in combination:
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(a) an implantable device comprising;
i) a housing;
ii) electronics contained in the housing for adjusting the therapy provided by the implantable device;
iii) a telemetry module coupled to the electronics for providing bi-directional communication between the delivery device and an external programmer;
iv) a first memory coupled to the electronics; and
v) a therapy monitor module coupled to the electronics, the therapy monitor configured to monitor at least one performance parameter; and
(b) an external programmer comprising i) a second memory for storing at least one requirements parameter;
ii) a telemetry module providing bi-directional communication between the external programmer and the implantable device; and
iii) a therapy management module stored in the second memory for determining management of the medical therapy provided by the implantable device. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An implantable drug delivery device having a performance data reporting feature, comprising:
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(a) a housing;
(b) a drug reservoir carried in the housing configured to contain a therapeutic substance;
(c) a flow control coupled to the drug reservoir for controlling the flow of the therapeutic substance from the drug reservoir through an infusion port;
(d) electronics coupled to the flow control and a power source;
(e) a telemetry module coupled to the electronics;
(f) memory coupled to the electronics, the memory containing pump performance acquisition instructions;
(g) at least one monitoring module coupled to the memory and the electronics that monitors at least one pump operation variable according to the pump performance acquisition instructions to produce performance data; and
(h) at least one reporting module coupled to the memory and the electronic, the reporting module configured to activate the telemetry module to report performance data. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for reporting performance data of an implantable drug delivery device, comprising:
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(a) establishing patient parameters;
(b) establishing a base therapy;
(c) performing the base therapy;
(d) acquiring patient data related to the base therapy;
(e) calculating at least one relationship among the patient parameters, base therapy, and patient data;
(f) deciding whether a therapy issue should be reported; and
(g) reporting the therapy issue from the implantable drug delivery device into a communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16)
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