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DRUG INFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD ADAPTED TO START DURING PROGRAMMING CYCLE

  • US 20120283704A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2012
  • Published: 11/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drug infusion system for delivering a fluid medication to a patient, comprising:

  • an implantable drug delivery device configured to deliver said fluid medication at a programmable rate to said patient under control of an original programming cycle having a plurality of steps in a plurality of time slots beginning at a starting time;

    said programming cycle specifying said programmable rate for each of said plurality of steps;

    an external controller configured to store a program representative of said original programming cycle in said implantable drug delivery device at a programming time wherein said starting time and said programming time are different; and

    said drug infusion system adjusting said implantable drug delivery device so that said original programming cycle begins at said programming time at a point during said original programming cycle adjusted for a difference between said starting time and said programming time, wherein said adjusting occurs before said program representative of said original programming cycle is stored in said implantable drug delivery device.

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