Insulin pump having missed meal bolus alarm

• US 20050030164A1
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deltek, Inc. (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Deltek, Inc. (Roper Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Blomquist, Michael L.
• Application Number:
  US10/856,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20050030164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/309.160
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1405 Patient controlled analgesia [PCA]
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/00 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests vaccination appliances for veterinary use A61D1/025 ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; combinations of vial and syringe for mixing or transferring their contents A61J1/20; holders for containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

A pump for delivering insulin to a user. The pump comprises a pump mechanism and a meal-bolus program module. The meal-bolus program module is programmed to control the pump mechanism to deliver a meal bolus. An alarm program module is in data communication with the alarm, the timer, and the meal-bolus program module. The alarm module is programmed to generate an alarm signal when the meal-bolus program module does not control the pump mechanism to deliver a meal bolus within a predetermined period of time.

Claims

1. A method of operating an insulin pump, the method comprising:

entering into the pump an interval; and

generating an alarm signal if a predetermined event is not delivered during the interval.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein entering into the pump a predetermined interval of time includes entering into the pump an end time for the interval.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein entering into the pump a predetermined interval of time further includes entering into the pump a start time for the interval.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein generating an alarm signal if a predetermined event is not delivered during the interval includes generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered during the interval.

5. A method of operating an insulin pump, the insulin pump configured to selectively deliver a meal bolus, the method comprising:

entering a time into the pump; and

generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered before the time lapses.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein entering a time into the pump includes defining an interval.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein defining an interval includes entering an end time for the interval.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein defining an interval further includes entering a start time for the interval.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered before the time lapses includes generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered between the start time and the end time.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered before the time lapses includes generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered during the interval.