PUMP CONTROLLER THAT CHECKS OPERATIONAL STATE OF INSULIN PUMP FOR CONTROLLING THE INSULIN PUMP

• US 20140142535A1
• Filed: 11/19/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG), Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Imhof, Erich, Konrad, Guido, Long, James R., Pash, Phillip E., Reinke, Robert E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,314,564 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3576 with non implanted data transmission devices, e.g. using external transmitter or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of operating a diabetes treatment system that includes an insulin pump and a pump controlling device is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the device, a request for the pump to perform an operation that is dependent on a specified state of the pump. The method also includes requesting, by the device, a current state of the pump from the pump. Moreover, the method includes receiving, by the device, the current state of the pump. Also, the method includes determining, by the device, whether the current state of the pump matches to the specified state of the pump. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the device to the pump, a command to perform the operation in response to a determination that the current state of the pump matches the specified state of the pump.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of operating a diabetes treatment system that includes an insulin pump and a pump controlling device that is operable to communicate with and control the insulin pump, comprising:

receiving, by the pump controlling device, a request for the insulin pump to perform an operation that is dependent on a specified state of the pump;

requesting, by the pump controlling device, a current state of the insulin pump from the insulin pump;

receiving, by the pump controlling device from the insulin pump, the current state of the insulin pump;

determining, by the pump controlling device, whether the current state of the insulin pump matches to the specified state of the insulin pump; and

sending, by the pump controlling device to the insulin pump, a command to perform the operation in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump matches the specified state of the insulin pump.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing, by the pump controlling device, a corrective action intended to change the current state of the insulin pump, the performing in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump does not match the specified state of the insulin pump.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein performing the corrective action includes sending, by the pump controlling device to the insulin pump, a command to change the current state of the insulin pump to the specified state of the pump.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the insulin pump has a run state and at least one of a pause state and a stop state, wherein the request to perform an operation is a request for the insulin pump to start insulin delivery, wherein starting insulin delivery is dependent on the insulin pump currently being in the at least one of the pause state and the stop state, wherein sending the command to start insulin delivery occurs in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump is the at least one of the pause state and the stop state.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the insulin pump has a run state and at least one of a pause state and a stop state, wherein the request to perform an operation is a request for the insulin pump to activate a temporary basal rate of delivery of insulin, wherein activating the temporary basal rate is dependent on the insulin pump currently being in a run state, and wherein sending the command to activate the temporary basal rate occurs in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump is in the run state.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting, by the pump controlling device from the insulin pump, an execution result of sending the command to perform the operation.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising outputting, by the pump controlling device, a message that conveys the execution result.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein outputting the message includes visually displaying the message on a display that is included on the pump controlling device.

9. A diabetes treatment system comprising:

an insulin pump operable to selectively deliver insulin to a patient; and

a pump controlling device with a communications component that is operable to provide two-way communication between the insulin pump and the pump controlling device, the pump controlling device also including an input component configured to receive a request for the insulin pump to perform an operation that is dependent on a specified state of the insulin pump, the pump controlling device also including a processor that is operable to request a current state of the insulin pump from the insulin pump via the communications component, the processor also operable to receive the current state of the insulin pump from the insulin pump, the processor further operable to determine whether the current state of the insulin pump matches to the specified state of the insulin pump, the processor also operable to send a command via the communications component to the insulin pump to perform the operation in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump matches the specified state of the insulin pump.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the pump controlling device also includes a memory device that stores the specified state of the insulin pump.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further operable to request, from the insulin pump, an execution result of sending the command to perform the operation, wherein the processor is operable to receive the execution result, and wherein pump controlling device further includes an output component that is configured to output a message that conveys the execution result.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the output component is a display that is operable to output a visual message that conveys the execution result.

13. A pump controlling device that is operable to control an insulin pump comprising:

a communications component that is operable to provide two-way communication with the insulin pump;

an input component configured to receive a request for the insulin pump to perform an operation that is dependent on a specified state of the insulin pump; and

a processor that is operable to request a current state of the insulin pump from the insulin pump via the communications component in response to the request received from the input component, the processor also operable to receive the current state of the insulin pump from the insulin pump via the communications component, the processor further operable to determine whether the current state of the insulin pump matches to the specified state of the insulin pump, the processor also operable to send a command that corresponds to the request received from the input component, the command sent via the communications component to the insulin pump to perform the operation in response to a determination that the current state of the insulin pump matches the specified state of the insulin pump.

14. The pump controlling device of claim 13, further including a memory device that stores the specified state of the insulin pump.

15. The pump controlling device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operable to request, from the insulin pump, an execution result of sending the command to perform the operation, wherein the processor is operable to receive the execution result, and wherein pump controlling device further includes an output component that is configured to output a message that conveys the execution result.

16. The pump controlling device of claim 15, wherein the output component is a display that is operable to output a visual message that conveys the execution result.