Infusion Pump Systems and Methods

• US 20120238999A1
• Filed: 03/16/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insulet Corporation
• Original Assignee: Asante Solutions, Inc (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Estes, Mark C., Qi, Wenkang, Hopper, Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 8,454,581 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/504
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/35 Communication
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1413 Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters ; Monitoring media flow to the body flow control in general G05D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 17/03 driven by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 19/22 of reciprocating-piston type
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in which one or more features sets to be provided by the controller are enabled or disabled based upon the particular pump device that is connected to the controller. For example, in some embodiments, one or more advanced features of the controller are available to the user only when a first type of pump device (e.g., having predefined settings stored therein) is connected to the controller, and those advanced features of the controller are disabled when a second type of pump device is connected to the controller.

Claims

1. A portable infusion pump system, comprising:

a pump device including;

a pump housing that defines a space to receive a medicine, and a drive system to dispense the medicine from the pump device when the medicine is received in the space of the pump housing; and

a controller device removably attachable to the pump device so as to electrically connect with the pump device and control dispensation of the medicine from the pump device, wherein the controller device automatically disables a first feature set provided by the controller device in response to electrical connection with the pump device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller device comprises a wireless communication device housed inside the controller device and a user interface display and, and wherein the controller device automatically disables the wireless communication device in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller device automatically changes display features on the user interface display in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the pump device comprises a means for indicating the pump device is a first type of pump device, the indicating means being recognizable by the controller device in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the indicating means comprises an internal circuit device housed in the pump housing that stores a permanent parameter setting indicative that the pump device is a first type of pump device, the controller device being configured to query the permanent parameter setting stored in the internal circuit device of the pump device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller device automatically enables the wireless communication device to communicate with a wireless monitoring device in response to the controller device being connected with a second type of pump device that is different than the first type of pump device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to continuous glucose monitoring.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the control circuitry is configured to provide the first feature set including:

activation of a wireless communication device to communicate with body-worn glucose monitoring device, and activation of a user interface display of the controller device to display a glucose level in response to receiving data from the body-worn glucose monitoring device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide a second feature set related to wireless communication with a blood glucose meter, wherein the controller device automatically disables the second feature set provided by the controller device in response to electrical connection with the pump device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide a third feature set related to a training mode user interface, wherein the controller device automatically disables the third feature set provided by the controller device in response to electrical connection with the pump device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to delivery of a first type of medicine and to provide a second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller device automatically disables the first feature set related to delivery of the first type of medicine in response to electrical connection with the pump device, and wherein the controller device automatically enables the second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine in response to electrical connection with the pump device.

14. A method of using a portable infusion pump system, comprising:

removably attaching a pump device to a controller device to form an electrical connecting between the controller device and the pump device so that the controller device is operable to control dispensation of medicine from the pump device, wherein the controller device automatically disables an advanced feature set provided by the controller device in response to electrical connection with the pump device;

operating a user interface of the controller device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the pump device is a first type of pump device, the method further comprising:

detaching the first type of pump device from the controller device; and

removably attaching a second type of pump device to the controller device to form an electrical connecting between the controller device and the second type of pump device so that the controller device is operable to control dispensation of medicine from the second type of pump device, the second type of pump device being different than the first type of pump device, wherein the controller device automatically enables the advanced feature set provided by the controller device in response to electrical connection with the second type of pump device.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising viewing an alert on the user interface of the control device indicative that the first feature set is disabled, the user interface outputting the alert in response to electrical connection with the pump device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller device comprises a wireless communication device housed inside the controller device and a user interface display and, and wherein the controller device automatically disables the wireless communication device in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller device automatically changes display features on a display device of the user interface in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to continuous glucose monitoring, the first feature set including:

activation of a wireless communication device to communicate with body-worn glucose monitoring device, and activation of a user interface display of the controller device to display a glucose level in response to receiving data from the body-worn glucose monitoring device.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to delivery of a first type of medicine and to provide a second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine, wherein the controller device automatically disables the first feature set related to delivery of the first type of medicine in response to the electrical connection with the pump device, and wherein the controller device automatically enables the second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine in response to the electrical connection with the pump device.

21. A method of controlling a portable infusion pump system, comprising:

querying a pump device to determine if the pump device is a first type of pump device or a second type of pump device, the pump device being removably attached to a controller device to form an electrical connecting between the controller device and the pump device so that the controller device is operable to control dispensation of medicine from the pump device;

automatically disabling a first feature set provided by the controller device in response to the controller device recognizing that the pump device is the second type of pump device.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising outputting alert on the user interface of the control device indicative that the first feature set is disabled.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to continuous glucose monitoring, the first feature set including:

activation of a wireless communication device to communicate with body-worn glucose monitoring device, and activation of a user interface display of the controller device to display a glucose level in response to receiving data from the body-worn glucose monitoring device.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to delivery of a first type of medicine and to provide a second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine, wherein the controller device automatically disables the first feature set related to delivery of the first type of medicine in response to the controller device recognizing that the pump device is the second type of pump device carrying the second type of medicine, and wherein the controller device automatically enables the second feature set related to delivery of a second type of medicine in response to the controller device recognizing that the pump device is the second type of pump device carrying the second type of medicine.

25. A portable infusion pump system, comprising:

a pump device including;

a pump housing that defines a space to receive a medicine, and a drive system to dispense the medicine from the pump device when the medicine is received in the space of the pump housing; and

a controller device removably attachable to the pump device so as to electrically connect with the pump device and control dispensation of the medicine from the pump device, wherein the controller device is configured to automatically enable a first feature set provided by the controller device in response to the controller device recognizing that the pump device is a first type of pump device, and wherein the controller device is configured to automatically disable the first feature set provided by the controller device in response to the controller device recognizing that the pump device is a second type of pump device.