Systems and methods for remotely controlling medication infusion and analyte monitoring
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a medication infusion pump configured to be worn on the body of a patient;
a physiological fluid monitoring device configured to be worn on the body of a patient for substantially continuous monitoring of at least one characteristic of physiological fluid; and
a remote control device for remotely controlling the medication infusion pump and the physiological fluid monitoring device, wherein the remote control device comprises a physiological fluid monitoring means for the episodic monitoring of at least one characteristic of physiological fluid.
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are provided for remotely controlling medication delivery to a patient by means of a medication infusion pump, such as a subcutaneous infusion pump, and for remotely controlling the monitoring of one or more physiological fluid analytes such as by a percutaneous measurement device. The systems of the present invention include a medication infusion pump and a hand-held “fob” for the remote control of the infusion pump and/or measurement device. In addition to remotely controlling the insulin pump and the measurement device, the fob provides for the consolidation of blood chemistry data and insulin delivery data over a period of time and maintains such consolidated data for immediate and later retrieval by the user or a physician. The methods of the present invention allow a user to customize and optimize an insulin bolus delivery protocol, i.e., bolus volume and delivery duration, by factoring in or compensating for the user'"'"'s current or substantially current blood chemistry evaluation and/or the user'"'"'s anticipated and/or actual carbohydrate intake.
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33 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a medication infusion pump configured to be worn on the body of a patient;
a physiological fluid monitoring device configured to be worn on the body of a patient for substantially continuous monitoring of at least one characteristic of physiological fluid; and
a remote control device for remotely controlling the medication infusion pump and the physiological fluid monitoring device, wherein the remote control device comprises a physiological fluid monitoring means for the episodic monitoring of at least one characteristic of physiological fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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26. A system for administration of medication, comprising:
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a medication infusion pump configured to be worn on the body of a patient;
a remote control device for remotely controlling the medication infusion pump; and
a processor associated with said remote control device; and
software for use with said processor for implementing medication delivery protocols by said medication infusion pump, said medication delivery protocols comprising a first medication delivery protocol for the immediate infusion of a selected dosage of medication, a second medication delivery protocol for the infusion of a selected dosage of medication over a selected period of time and a third medication delivery protocol for the immediate infusion of a first selected dosage of medication followed by the infusion of a second selected dosage of medication over a selected period of time.
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- 27. The system of 26 wherein said software comprises algorithms for calculating a patient'"'"'s current or substantially current blood glucose level or the patient'"'"'s anticipated or actual carbohydrate intake and for modifying said medication delivery protocols according to said blood glucose level or said carbohydrate intake.
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28. A method of monitoring and controlling the concentration of a physiological fluid analyte of patient, comprising:
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episodically measuring the concentration of the analyte from a sample of physiological fluid taken from the patient, wherein the episodic measuring is performed using a remote device;
substantially continuously sampling the physiological fluid of the patient using percutaneous means;
substantially continuously measuring the concentration of the analyte within the sampled physiological fluid;
communicating data representative of the analyte concentration to the remote device;
determining whether the analyte concentration falls outside an acceptable range; and
adjusting a medication delivery protocol upon a determination that the analyte concentration falls outside the acceptable range. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of monitoring and controlling a patient'"'"'s glucose level, comprising:
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episodically measuring the concentration of glucose from a sample of physiological fluid taken from the patient;
providing a value representative of the patient'"'"'s carbohydrate intake;
calculating a dosage of insulin to be administered to the patient based on said glucose concentration and based on said carbohydrate intake value;
transmitting a radio frequency signal representative of said dosage to an insulin infusion pump worn by the patient, said infusion pump comprising a radio frequency receiver for receiving said radio frequency signal; and
administering said dosage of insulin to the patient by means of said infusion pump.
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33. The method of 32 wherein said episodic measuring, said calculating and said transmitting are performed using a remote device.
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