Closed loop medicament pump
First Claim
1. A closed loop medic ament pump system for a patient for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest through the patient'"'"'s skin and for determining and delivering a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient comprising:
- an iontopheretic sensor module for sampling and detecting a concentration of a substance of interest through skin;
a control system, responsive to the iontopheretic sensor module, for determining a response to the sampled and determined concentration of a substance of interest;
a sensor telemetry system for transmitting information regarding the response determined by the control system through the patient'"'"'s body;
a pump telemetry system for receiving information regarding the response determined by the control system through the patient'"'"'s body and for communicating the information to an implantable drug pump; and
an implantable drug pump, acting in response to the information communicated to the implantable drug pump from the pump telemetry system, to deliver a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient.
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Abstract
A device to determine the level of a substance of interest in a patient'"'"'s body and provide a therapeutic amount of medicament is disclosed. The level of a substance of interest in the patient'"'"'s body is determined by iontopheretically sampling the patient'"'"'s blood and then analyzing the resulting sample to determine the level of the substance of interest. The information about the level of a substance of interest is transmitted to an implanted drug pump in the patient'"'"'s body. In the preferred embodiment, the substance of interest sensor is an external sensor applied to the user'"'"'s skin.: In an alternate embodiment, the sensor may be implanted. The preferred method of transmitting information about the level of a substance of interest determined by the sensor is transmitted to an implanted drug pump in the patient'"'"'s body is via a so called “body bus”. The “body bus” is a telemetry system where the patient'"'"'s own body provides the interconnection between the iontopheretic device and the implanted drug pump.
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13 Claims
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1. A closed loop medic ament pump system for a patient for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest through the patient'"'"'s skin and for determining and delivering a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient comprising:
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an iontopheretic sensor module for sampling and detecting a concentration of a substance of interest through skin;
a control system, responsive to the iontopheretic sensor module, for determining a response to the sampled and determined concentration of a substance of interest;
a sensor telemetry system for transmitting information regarding the response determined by the control system through the patient'"'"'s body;
a pump telemetry system for receiving information regarding the response determined by the control system through the patient'"'"'s body and for communicating the information to an implantable drug pump; and
an implantable drug pump, acting in response to the information communicated to the implantable drug pump from the pump telemetry system, to deliver a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient.
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2. A closed loop medicament pump system for a patient for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest through the patient'"'"'s skin and for determining and delivering a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient comprising:
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an ibntopheretic sensor module for sampling and determining a concentration of a substance of interest through skin;
a sensor telemetry system for transmitting information regarding the concentration of a substance of interest determined by the iontopheretic sensor module through a patient'"'"'s body;
a pump telemetry system for receiving information regarding the concentration of a substance of interest determined by the iontopheretic sensor module through the patient'"'"'s body and for communicating the information to a control system;
a control system, responsive to the pump telemetry system, for determining a response to the sampled and determined concentration of a substance of interest and for communication the response to an implantable drug pump; and
an implantable drug pump, acting in response to the information communicated to the implantable drug pump from the control system to deliver a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient.
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3. A closed loop medicament pump for a patient for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest through the patient'"'"'s skin and for determining and delivering a responsive dose of an appropriate medicament to the patient comprising:
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a sensor module for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest in the patient;
a control system for determining an appropriate response the determined concentration of the substance of interest;
an implantable drug pump for dispensing an appropriate amount of a medicament to the patient;
means for communicating information from the sensor module to the control system; and
,means for communicating information from the control system to the implantable drug pump. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of treating a medical condition in a patient comprising the steps of:
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providing a sensor module for sampling and determining the concentration of a substance of interest in the patient;
a control system for determining an appropriate response the determined concentration of the substance of interest;
an implantable drug pump for dispensing an appropriate amount of a medicament to the patient;
means for communicating information from the sensor module to the control system; and
,means for communicating information from the control system to the implantable drug pump;
determining the concentration of a substance of interest;
comparing the determined concentration of the substance of interest to a predetermined limit;
determining an appropriate response to the determined concentration of the substance of interest;
communicating the determined appropriate response to the medicament pump;
if an appropriate response is determined to be to infuse medicament to a patient, infusing medicament to the patient.
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