Device and Method for Identifying a User of a Medical Device

• US 20080055039A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Disetronic Licensing Ag
• Inventors: Heiniger, Hanspeter, Rufer, Thomas, Imhof, Erich, Eberhart, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 8,009,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1171 based on the shapes or appearances of their bodies or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical device, with an operating element for triggering the medical device, includes a safety system for preventing an erroneous triggering of the device. The present invention encompasses a method for controlling the medical device including determining if an operating command is given by a person prior to the device'"'"'s carrying out the command.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A safety system for use with a medical device, the device operably coupled to the safety system to prevent erroneous actuation of the device.

9-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A safety system for use with a medical device comprising:

a medical device operating element; and

a safety mechanism associated with said medical device operating element for preventing erroneous actuation of said medical device operating element;

wherein said safety mechanism comprises;

an identification device for receiving user-specific identification data; and

a securing mechanism providing a plurality of securing levels, wherein each of said plurality of securing levels is releasable in response to receiving user-specific authorization data associated with one or more of said plurality of securing levels, release of said one or more of said securing levels providing a secure level of operation of said medical device operating element.

29. The safety system of claim 28, wherein the identification device:

stores user-specific authorization data having associated user-specific identification data;

correlates received user-specific identification data with said stored user-specific authorization data having user-specific identification data; and

sends said user-specific authorization data to said securing mechanism upon correlation of said received and stored user-specific identification data.

30-33. -33. (canceled)