APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOSING DRUG AND WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL OF A DRUG PUMP
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Abstract
The invention comprises an apparatus meant to be carried by a user for dosing a drug, a method for dosing drug and a wireless remote control for a drug pump. The apparatus comprises a drug pump (1), a computer (9), which is arranged to control the pump, control units (10) for transmitting control functions from the user to the computer, indicators (11) for transmitting information from the computer to the user, a measuring device (12), which is arranged to produce information about the physical activity of the user, means of calculating the amount of drug needed by the user based on the information produced by the measuring device.
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24. An apparatus meant to be carried by a user for dosing insulin, which apparatus comprises
a pump, which can be arranged to dose insulin, a computer, which is connected by first data transmission means to the pump, which computer comprises a memory and at least one computer program to be executed in the memory, which program comprises first control means for controlling and monitoring the function of the pump, control units for transmitting control functions from the user to the computer, indicators for transmitting information from the computer to the user, a measuring device, which is arranged to produce information about the physical activity of the user, which measuring device is connected to the computer by second data transmission means to transmit the information produced by the measuring device to the computer, and the computer program comprises first calculation means for calculating the amount of insulin needed by the user based on the information produced by the measuring device wherein the apparatus is arrangeable at hip of the user, and the measuring device comprises an acceleration sensor for measuring changes in the physical movement of the user.
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41. A wireless remote control for an insulin pump, wherein the remote control comprises
a computer, which computer comprises a memory and at least one computer program to be executed in the memory, which computer program comprises first control means for controlling and monitoring the function of the pump, first wireless data transmission means for connecting the computer to the pump, control units for transmitting control functions from the user to the computer, indicators for transmitting information from the computer to the user, second wireless data transmission means for connecting to the computer a measuring device comprising an acceleration sensor, the measuring device being arranged to produce information about the physical activity of the user, in order to transmit the information produced by the measuring device to the computer, and the computer program comprises first calculation means for calculating the amount of insulin needed by the user based on the information produced by the measuring device.
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42. A method for dosing insulin, in which method
at least one computer program is executed in a memory of a computer, with the aid of which program the function of an insulin pump is controlled and monitored, control functions of the pump are transmitted from a user to the computer, information about the function of the pump is indicated from the computer to the user, information is transmitted via first data transmission means from the computer to the pump, a basic level of insulin dosing is maintained with the aid of the computer program, information about the physical activity of the user is measured with a measuring device comprising an acceleration sensor, information is transmitted via second data transmission means from the measuring device to the computer, and the amount of insulin needed by the user is calculated with the aid of the computer program and based on the information produced by the measuring device.
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