PORTABLE INFUSION PUMP AND MEDIA PLAYER
9 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to deliver medicine (e.g., insulin or the like) to a user and to deliver media content to a user. The media content can include, for example, MP3 music and other audio/video data stored in a memory device in the portable system. Thus, in particular embodiments, the portable infusion pump system can serve a dual purpose of providing medication and entertainment for the user from a compact and unobtrusive device.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. (canceled)
-
2. A medical infusion pump system, comprising:
-
a portable housing defining an interior space to receive a medicine; a pump drive system positioned in the portable housing and configured to dispense medicine to a user from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; and control circuitry electrically connected to a component of the pump drive system positioned in the portable pump housing so as to electrically transmit activation signals for the pump drive system, the control circuitry being electrically connected to a user interface comprising at least a display device and an audio output device, the control circuitry comprising a memory device that stores digital music content for playback through the audio output device, said user interface and said memory device being mechanically coupled with the portable housing that houses the pump drive system and the interior space for the medicine, wherein a pump parameter related to dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing is adjustable in response to user input at the user interface, and wherein the digital music content stored in the memory device is user-selectable for transfer from a separate computer system via a data communication link between the control circuitry and the separate computer system. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A method of using a medical infusion pump system, comprising:
-
establishing a data communication link between a portable infusion pump system and a separate computer system that stores a plurality of digital music files, the portable infusion pump system comprising;
a portable pump housing defining an interior space to receive a medicine, a user interface comprising at least a display device and an audio output device, control circuitry electrically connected to a pump drive system positioned in the portable pump housing so as to electrically transmit activation signals for the pump drive system, the control circuitry being electrically connected to the user interface, the control circuitry comprising a memory device that stores digital music content for playback through the audio output device, the user interface and the memory device being mechanically coupled with the portable housing that houses the pump drive system and the interior space for the medicinetransferring one or more of the digital music files from the separate computer system to the memory device of the portable infusion pump system, the one or more digital music files being stored in the memory device for playback through the audio output device of the portable infusion pump system; providing user input to the user interface of the portable infusion pump system so as to adjust pump parameter related to dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing; and providing user input to the user interface of the portable infusion pump system so as to cause the one or more digital music files stored in the memory device to be played back or stopped. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
Specification