Illumination Instrument for an Infusion Pump
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1. 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 through an infusion set cannula adapted to penetrate a user'"'"'s skin;
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
an illumination instrument electrically connected to the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller such that the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically activates the illumination instrument to emit a light beam in response to an alarm condition, wherein the illumination instrument is different from the display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller.
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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.
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1. A portable and wearable infusion pump system comprising:
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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 through an infusion set cannula adapted to penetrate a user'"'"'s skin;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 an illumination instrument electrically connected to the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller such that the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically activates the illumination instrument to emit a light beam in response to an alarm condition, wherein the illumination instrument is different from the display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of using a wearable infusion pump system, the method comprising:
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receiving a pre-filled medicine cartridge into the wearable infusion pump system so that the pre-filled cartridge slidably engages an interior wall of a cavity of the wearable infusion pump system defining a space to receive the medicine cartridge; activating a pump drive system of the wearable infusion pump system to dispense a portion of medicine from the pre-filled medicine cartridge; and in response to detecting an alarm condition of the wearable infusion pump system, activating an illumination instrument electrically connected to control circuitry of the wearable infusion pump system to emit a light beam from the illumination instrument, wherein the illumination instrument is exteriorly exposed on a first face of the wearable infusion pump system and a user interface display of the wearable infusion pump system is exteriorly exposed on a second face of the wearable infusion pump system that is different from the first face. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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