Operating an Infusion Pump System
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Abstract
Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device and a removable controller device. When the pump device and the removable controller device are removably attached to one another, the components may provide a portable infusion pump unit to dispense medicine to a user. In particular embodiments, the removable controller device includes a user interface to readily provide information, for example, about the operation of the pump.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A single-use, portable infusion pump device, comprising:
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a pump housing including a cavity configured to slideably receive a pre-filled medicine cartridge insertable through an opening defined by the pump housing; a non-rechargeable battery mounted in the pump housing; a drive system positioned in the pump housing to dispense medicine from the pre-filled medicine cartridge when the pre-filled medicine cartridge is slideably received in the pump housing, the drive system including a piston rod configured to forwardly advance and apply a dispensing force, wherein the drive system includes a mechanism to prevent reverse motion of the piston rod so that the piston rod nonreversibly advances only in a forward direction toward the pre-filled medicine cartridge when the pre-filled medicine cartridge is slideably received in the pump housing; and one or more electrical contacts exposed along an exterior of the pump housing such that the electrical contacts are configured to mate with corresponding electrical contacts of a releasably attachable controller device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. 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 and a drive system to dispense the medicine when received by the pump housing; anda removable controller device including;
a controller housing that is removably attachable to the pump housing in a fixed relationship so that the space to receive the medicine is positioned rearward of the controller housing and a user interface arranged on the controller housing such that a display screen of the user interface is positioned along a front face of the controller housing that is opposite from the rearward position of the space to receive the medicine, the user interface being configured to receive user input and to display output information via the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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