System for Providing Blood Glucose Measurements to an Infusion Device
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Abstract
An infusion system includes a characteristic determining device and an infusion device. The characteristic determining device includes a receptacle for receiving and testing an analyte from the user to determine a concentration of the analyte in the user. The characteristic determining device also includes a communication system for transmitting a communication including data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user, and the infusion device includes a communication system for receiving the communication from the characteristic determining device. The infusion device further includes a bolus estimator for calculating an estimated amount of fluid to be infused into the body of the user based upon the received data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user and a target concentration of the analyte in the user, and an indicator to indicate when the estimated amount of fluid to be infused has been calculated.
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115 Claims
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1-95. -95. (canceled)
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96. An infusion system for infusing a fluid into a body of a user, the infusion system comprising:
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a characteristic meter device including; a meter device housing to be carried by the user; a test strip receptacle coupled to the meter device housing for receiving and testing an analyte from the user to determine a concentration of the analyte in the user; a meter device processor contained in the meter device housing and coupled to the receptacle for processing the determined concentration of the analyte from the receptacle; a meter device indicator to indicate the determined concentration of the analyte in the user; and a meter device communication system contained in the meter device housing and coupled to the meter device processor for transmitting a communication including data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user, wherein the meter device indicator further indicates when the communication including the data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user is being transmitted from the meter device communication system; and an infusion device including; an infusion device housing to be carried by the user; a drive mechanism contained in the infusion device housing and operatively coupled with a reservoir containing the fluid for infusing the fluid into the body of the user; an infusion device communication system contained in the infusion device housing for receiving the communication including the data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user from the meter device communication system; an infusion device processor contained in the infusion device housing and coupled to the infusion device communication system for processing the data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user and controlling the infusion device; an infusion device indicator to indicate the determined concentration of the analyte in the user when the communication including the data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user has been received by the infusion device communication system from the meter device communication system; and a bolus estimator used in conjunction with the infusion device processor for calculating an estimated amount of fluid to be infused into the body of the user based upon the received data indicative of the determined concentration of the analyte in the user and a target concentration of the analyte in the user, wherein the infusion device indicator further indicates when the estimated amount of fluid to be infused has been calculated. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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