Infusion Pump System and Method
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1. A portable infusion pump system, comprising:
- a pump device including a pump housing that defines a space to receive a medicine, a drive system positioned in the pump housing to dispense the medicine from the pump device when the medicine is received in the space of the pump housing, wherein the pump housing houses at least one electrically conductive element of a drive system detector that is mounted to a component of the drive system;
a controller device removably attachable to the pump housing so as to electrically connect with the pump device, wherein the controller device houses control circuitry configured to communicate with the drive system positioned in the pump housing to control dispensation of the medicine from the pump device,wherein the control circuitry of the controller device is configured to disable the pump drive system in response to the drive system detector indicating damage to one or more components of the drive system.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.
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1. A portable infusion pump system, comprising:
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a pump device including a pump housing that defines a space to receive a medicine, a drive system positioned in the pump housing to dispense the medicine from the pump device when the medicine is received in the space of the pump housing, wherein the pump housing houses at least one electrically conductive element of a drive system detector that is mounted to a component of the drive system; a controller device removably attachable to the pump housing so as to electrically connect with the pump device, wherein the controller device houses control circuitry configured to communicate with the drive system positioned in the pump housing to control dispensation of the medicine from the pump device, wherein the control circuitry of the controller device is configured to disable the pump drive system in response to the drive system detector indicating damage to one or more components of the drive system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medical infusion pump system, comprising:
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a portable housing defining a space to receive a medicine; a pump drive system to dispense medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; control circuitry that electrically communicates with the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing when the medicine is received in the space; and a drive system detector comprising at least one electrically conductive element coupled to a component of the pump drive system, wherein the control circuitry disables the pump drive system in response to the drive system detector indicating damage to one or more components of the drive system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of controlling a portable infusion pump system, comprising:
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sensing that a drive system of a portable infusion pump system is damaged via a drive system detector including an electrically conductive element of that is coupled to a component of the drive system in the portable infusion pump system; and in response to the sensing that the drive system detector indicates said drive system is damaged, disabling the pump drive system housed in the portable infusion pump system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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