METHOD AND INSULIN PUMP FOR PROVIDING A BOLUS ALERT

• US 20090270798A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, Steven P.
• Application Number:
  US12/111,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20090270798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/67
• 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 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

A method of providing a bolus alert for an insulin pump user includes determining a bolus interval for an insulin pump user, establishing a bolus amount for the bolus interval, determining a bolus amount taken by the insulin pump user during the bolus interval, and providing an alert if the bolus amount taken by the insulin pump user differs from the bolus amount established for the bolus interval.

Claims

1. A method of providing a bolus alert for an insulin pump user, the method comprising:

determining a bolus interval for an insulin pump user;

establishing an expected bolus amount for the bolus interval;

determining a bolus amount taken by the insulin pump user during the bolus interval; and

providing an alert if the bolus amount taken by the insulin pump user differs from the expected bolus amount for the bolus interval.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the expected bolus amount for the bolus interval includes averaging bolus amounts for similar bolus intervals.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the expected bolus amount for the bolus interval includes inputting the expected bolus amount into a memory of the insulin pump.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delaying the alert if the bolus amount taken by the insulin pump user is known to differ from the bolus amount established by the insulin pump.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a cannula fill mode, the alert being bypassed in the cannula fill mode.