SINGLE NEEDLE INTEGRATED ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS

• US 20160136357A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medtrum Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Medtrum Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: YANG, Cuijun
• Application Number:
  US14/897,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20160136357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14503 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1726 the body parameters being measured at, or proximate to, the infusion site
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/36 related to heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14276 specially adapted for implantation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00

Abstract

Disclosed is a single needle integrated artificial pancreas, wherein the single needle integrated artificial pancreas comprises a fluid reservoir unit; a fluid driving unit connected to the drug reservoir unit; an indwelling unit connected to the fluid reservoir unit and comprising a glucose sensor, an insulin indwelling cannula, a puncture needle and an inserter; wherein the glucose sensor and the indwelling cannula are simultaneously implanted in the same subcutaneous tissue in a patient via the inserter under the aid of the puncture needle; and the puncture needle is a steel puncture needle or groove puncture needle; and a glucose monitoring and insulin delivery control unit is respectively connected to the fluid reservoir unit, the fluid driving unit and the indwelling unit. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas reduces the chance of a diabetic patient being infected and is simple in installation and convenient to use.

Claims

1. A single needle integrated artificial pancreas, comprising:

a fluid reservoir unit configured to store insulin;

a fluid driving unit connected to the fluid reservoir unit and configured to deliver the insulin stored in the fluid reservoir unit to the subcutaneous tissue of a patient;

an indwelling unit connected to the fluid reservoir unit, comprising a glucose sensor, an indwelling cannula, a puncture needle and an inserter; and

a glucose monitoring and insulin delivery control unit, which are connected to the fluid reservoir unit, the fluid driving unit and the indwelling unit, and configured to process effective glucose signals output by the glucose sensor, and to control the fluid reservoir unit, the fluid driving unit and the indwelling unit;

wherein the glucose sensor and the indwelling cannula are simultaneously implanted in the same subcutaneous tissue in the patient via the inserter with the aid of the puncture needle;

wherein a distance between an end of the insulin-indwelling hose and an end of the glucose sensor ranges from 1 mm to 8 mm;

wherein the puncture needle is a steel puncture needle or a groove puncture needle.

2. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, wherein the glucose sensor comprises an electrode sensor, a fibre optic sensor, or a combination thereof.

3. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 2, wherein the electrode sensor is integrated in an outer surface of the indwelling cannula, and the steel puncture needle is located inside the indwelling cannula.

4. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 2, wherein the electrode sensor is integrated in the outer surface of the indwelling cannula, and the electrode sensor together with the indwelling cannula are located in the groove of the groove puncture needle.

5. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 3, wherein the electrode of the electrode sensor is ring-shaped or fan-shaped, and an electrode contact point of the electrode sensor is ring-shaped or fan-shaped.

6. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 2, wherein the electrode sensor has an electrode coating structure comprising an anti-interference layer, an enzyme layer, a regulation layer and a protective layer.

7. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 2, wherein the electrode sensor has an electrode coating structure comprising an enzyme layer, a regulation layer and a protective layer.

8. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 2, wherein the electrode sensor has an electrode coating structure comprising an anti-interference layer, a bonding layer, an enzyme layer, a bonding layer, a regulation layer and a protective layer.

9. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, wherein the indwelling cannula and the glucose sensor are arranged in parallel, and located in a groove of the groove puncture needle.

11. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, wherein the end of the indwelling cannula and the end of the glucose sensor are both tip shaped.

12. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, further comprising a skin temperature automatic adjusting device configured to heat the skin tissue where the glucose sensor and the indwelling cannula are implanted.

13. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 12, wherein the skin temperature automatic adjusting device comprises a skin heating film, a heating module, a temperature control module, a heat preservation module and a temperature detection module.

14. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, wherein the inserter is an automatic ejecting inserter or a manual inserter.

15. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 1, further comprising a pump base and a controller connected to the pump base, wherein the pump base comprises the fluid reservoir unit, the fluid driving unit and the indwelling unit, wherein the controller comprises the glucose monitoring and insulin delivery control unit.

16. The single needle integrated artificial pancreas according to claim 4, wherein the electrode of the electrode sensor is ring-shaped or fan-shaped, and an electrode contact pad of the electrode sensor is ring-shaped or fan-shaped.

10. (canceled)