Glucagon Administration System and Methods
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1. A glucagon administration system, comprising:
- a portable pump housing that receives a medicinal fluid for dispensation to a user, the pump housing at least partially containing a pump drive system to dispense the medicinal fluid through a flow path to the user;
a controller that communicates with the pump drive system to dispense the medicinal fluid from the portable pump housing, wherein the controller is configured to activate a glucagon dosage calculator that calculates a suggested glucagon dosage value based at least in part on a glucagon sensitivity parameter stored in a computer-readable memory device of the controller.
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Abstract
Some embodiments a glucagon administration system can provide a suggested glucagon dosage based on one or more particular parameters (e.g., the user'"'"'s recent blood glucose characteristics, a glucagon sensitivity value of the user, and other parameters). In some circumstances, the glucagon administration system can receive information indicative of the user'"'"'s blood glucose level and suggest a glucagon dosage that is at least partially dependent upon a previously stored glucagon sensitivity for the user.
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1. A glucagon administration system, comprising:
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a portable pump housing that receives a medicinal fluid for dispensation to a user, the pump housing at least partially containing a pump drive system to dispense the medicinal fluid through a flow path to the user; a controller that communicates with the pump drive system to dispense the medicinal fluid from the portable pump housing, wherein the controller is configured to activate a glucagon dosage calculator that calculates a suggested glucagon dosage value based at least in part on a glucagon sensitivity parameter stored in a computer-readable memory device of the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of operating glucagon administration system, comprising:
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receiving, by a controller of an infusion pump system, glucose information indicative of a blood glucose level of a user; detecting, by the controller of an infusion pump system, that the blood glucose level of the user is less than a threshold value stored by the controller of the infusion pump system; activating a glucagon dosage calculator configured to determine a suggested glucagon dosage according to a function that is at least partially dependent upon (i) a glucagon sensitivity parameter stored by the controller of the infusion pump system, (ii) the blood glucose level of the user, and (iii) a targeted blood glucose level of the user; displaying on a display screen the suggested glucagon dosage, the blood glucose level of the user, and an indication that the rate of change in the blood glucose level in increasing or decreasing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of determining a suggested glucagon dosage comprising:
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storing, at a portable computing system, a parameter value indicative of a glucagon sensitivity of a user; receiving, by the portable computing system, glucose information indicative of a blood glucose level of the user; comparing, by the portable computing system, the blood glucose level of the user to threshold level to determine that the blood glucose level of the user is below the threshold level; in response to determining that the blood glucose level of the user is below the threshold level, calculating a suggested glucagon dosage for the user using at least the parameter value indicative of the glucagon sensitivity of the user; displaying on a display screen the suggested glucagon dosage. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A medicine administration system, comprising:
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a disposable and non-reusable pump device including; a pump housing that defines a space to receive an insulin cartridge; and a drive system to dispense insulin when the insulin cartridge is received by the pump housing, the drive system including a piston rod that is incrementally movable to apply a dispensing force; and a removable controller device including; a controller housing that is removably attachable to the pump housing in a fixed relationship to provide an electrical connection between the controller device and the pump device; control circuitry arranged in the controller housing to electrically communicate with the drive system in the pump housing; a user interface connected to the control circuitry, the user interface including a display and one or more user-selectable buttons; and a wireless communication device to receive glucose information from a wearable monitoring device, the glucose information being indicative of a blood glucose level of the user, wherein the removable controller device displays a suggested glucagon dosage in response to user input to the user interface, the suggested glucagon dosage being at least partially dependent upon a glucose sensitivity value stored by the controller device, a target blood glucose level stored by the controller device, and the blood glucose level of the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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