Infusion Pump Systems and Methods

• US 20130150824A1
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Published: 06/13/2013
• 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 9,132,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/503
• 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 method of using a portable infusion pump system, comprising:

selecting a pump device from a set of pump devices comprising at least a first type of pump device and a second type of pump device having the same size and shape as the first pump device, wherein the first type of pump device houses a drive system and an internal circuit that stores a first parameter setting indicative of disabling wireless communication, and wherein the second type of pump device houses a drive system and an internal circuit that stores a second parameter setting indicative of enabling wireless communication;

removably attaching the first type of pump device to a controller device to form an electrical connection between the controller device and the first type of pump device so that the controller device is operable to control the drive system dispensation of the first type of pump device to dispense medicine from the first type of pump device, wherein the controller device automatically disables a wireless communication device of the controller device in response to querying via the electrical connection the first parameter setting of the internal circuit housed by the first type of pump device, and wherein the controller device displays a text alert message on a user interface display of the controller device indicating that wireless communication is disabled.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

removably attaching the second type of pump device to the controller device to form an electrical connection between the controller device and the second type of pump device so that the controller device is operable to control the drive system dispensation of the second type of pump device to dispense medicine from the second type of pump device, wherein the controller device automatically enables the wireless communication device of the controller device in response to querying the second parameter setting of the internal circuit housed by the second type of pump device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller device displays the text alert message on the user interface of the control device indicating that wireless communication is disabled until the second type of pump device is removably attached to the controller device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is housed inside the controller device, and wherein the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of a body-worn glucose monitoring device and a blood glucose meter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of pump devices comprises at least the first type of pump device, the second type of pump device, and a third type of pump device, and wherein the controller device automatically changes to a training mode user interface in response to the electrical connection with the third type pump device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide an advanced feature set related to continuous glucose monitoring, the advanced feature set including:

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

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of pump devices comprises at least the first type of pump device, the second type of pump device, and a third type of pump device, and wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide a 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 third type of 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 second type of pump device.

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

establishing an electrical connection with a pump device selected from a set of pump devices comprising at least a first type of pump device and a second type of pump device having the same size and shape as the first pump device, wherein the first type of pump device houses an internal circuit that stores a first parameter setting indicative of enabling a first feature set, and wherein the second type of pump device houses an internal circuit that stores a second parameter setting indicative of disabling the first feature set, wherein the selected pump device is removably mounted to a controller device when the electrical connection is established so that the controller device is operable to control dispensation of medicine from the selected pump device;

querying the selected pump device via the electrical connection to determine whether the selected pump device is any one of the first type of pump device or the second type of pump device;

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

outputting a text alert message via the user interface of the control device indicating that the first feature set is disabled.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein outputting the text alert message on the user interface of the control device comprises displaying a visual message indicating that at least one of disablement of wireless communication and disablement of a drive system of the selected pump device.

10. The method of claim 8, 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.

11. The method of claim 8, 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 selected 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 selected pump device is the second type of pump device carrying the second type of medicine.

12. A portable infusion pump system, comprising:

a set of pump devices comprising at least a first type of pump device and a second type of pump device having the same size and shape as the first pump device, wherein the first type of pump device houses an internal circuit that stores a first parameter setting indicative of disabling wireless communication, wherein the second type of pump device houses an internal circuit that stores a second parameter setting indicative of enabling wireless communication, and wherein each respective pump device of the set of pump devices includes;

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

a controller device removably attachable to each respective pump device of the set of pump devices so as to electrically connect with the respective 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 a removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices is the 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 removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices is the second type of pump device, wherein in response to the controller device recognizing that the removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices is the second type of pump device, the controller device outputs a text alert message via a user interface of the control device indicating that the first feature set is disabled.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller device outputs the text alert message via the user interface by displaying a visual message indicating that at least one of disablement of wireless communication and disablement of a drive system of the pump device.

14. The system of claim 12, 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 a display of a glucose level via the user interface of the controller device in response to receiving data from the body-worn glucose monitoring device.

15. The system of claim 12, 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 removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices 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 the second type of medicine in response to the controller device recognizing that the removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices is the second type of pump device carrying the second type of medicine.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the controller device includes control circuitry that is configured to provide the first feature set related to wireless communication with a blood glucose meter, wherein the controller device automatically activates the first feature set elated to wireless communication with a blood glucose meter in response to the controller device recognizing that the removably attached pump device of the set of pump devices is the first type of pump device.