Illumination Instrument for an Infusion Pump

• US 20110021992A1
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insulet Corporation
• Original Assignee: Asante Solutions, Inc (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: ESTES, MARK C., CAUSEY, JAMES, BALMEO, MELLANIE, WENGER, MITCHELL, MILLER, STEVE
• Granted Patent: US 8,211,062 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/31518 designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device, e.g. using flexible or pivotally connected chain-like rod members
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/00 Details, component parts, or accessories machine elements in general F16

Abstract

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user'"'"'s inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method of using a portable and wearable infusion pump system to illuminate a targeted site, the method comprising:

activating an illumination instrument housed in an infusion pump controller component to emit light from the illumination instrument in response to actuating one or more buttons of a user interface of the infusion pump controller component, wherein the illumination instrument is different from a display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller component;

directing the light from the illumination instrument toward a targeted site on a pump component that is configured to dispense medicine in response to control signals from the infusion pump controller component, wherein the illumination instrument housed in an infusion pump controller component is movable relative to the pump component while directing the light from the illumination instrument toward the targeted site.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising visually inspecting the targeted site that is illuminated by the light from the illumination instrument.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising directing the light from the illumination instrument in a first direction while directing a display device of a user interface in a second direction is different from the first direction.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising directing the light from the illumination instrument toward an infusion site on a user'"'"'s skin.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the light from the illumination instrument is directed toward one or more components of an infusion set.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument is housed in a reusable controller device having a controller housing that is removably attachable to a pump housing of the pump component.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the reusable controller device comprises control circuitry that automatically deactivates the illumination instrument after a predetermined period of time.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the reusable controller device automatically activates the light source of the illumination instrument in response to initiation of a pump priming operation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument comprises an LED device positioned adjacent to a light guide, wherein the light guide extends to a housing of the infusion pump controller component so that the light exits the light guide and illuminates the targeted site.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the LED device of the illumination instrument is sealed inside the housing of the infusion pump controller component.

11. A portable and wearable infusion pump system comprising:

a pump device including;

a pump housing including an interior wall that at least partially defines a space to slidably receive a pre-filled medicine cartridge, and a drive system to dispense a medicine from the pre-filled medicine cartridge; and

an infusion pump controller including control circuitry that transmits control signals to the drive system of the pump device, and a user interface comprising a display device and one or more buttons; and

an illumination instrument electrically connected to the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller such that the illumination instrument emits an inspection light in response to actuating the one or more buttons of the infusion pump controller, wherein the illumination instrument is different from the display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller.

12. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the inspection light from the illumination instrument illuminates one or more components of the pump device.

13. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the inspection light from the illumination instrument illuminates one or more components of an infusion set.

14. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the illumination instrument directs the inspection light in a first direction while the display device faces a second direction that is different from the first direction.

15. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the illumination instrument is arranged on a first face of the infusion pump controller and the display device is arranged on a second face of the infusion pump controller that is different from the first face.

16. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the infusion pump controller is a reusable device that is removably attachable to the pump device.