DATA DERIVED PRE-BOLUS DELIVERY

• US 20170333629A1
• Filed: 07/30/2017
• Published: 11/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Minimed Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Geismar, Eric P., Kaufman, Francine R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,252,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16804 Flow controllers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/16831 Monitoring, detecting, signalling or eliminating infusion flow anomalies low-level float-valves causing cut-off A61M5/40; indicating or recording presence, absence or direction of flow in general G01P13/0066

Abstract

A medical therapy system to deliver a pre-bolus volume of medicant is disclosed. The medical therapy system includes an infusion pump that has a case containing a processor, memory, a drive mechanism, a reservoir, communication hardware and a sensor system. The infusion pump further includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to determine GPS coordinates of the infusion pump. The GPS receiver is coupled to the processor that executes stored program instructions to provide notification for confirmation to deliver a pre-bolus volume from the reservoir when the GPS coordinates of the infusion pump are within a specified proximity of GPS coordinates of a saved location.

Claims

1. A medical therapy system to deliver a pre-bolus volume of medicant, the medical therapy system comprising:

an infusion pump having a case, the case containing a processor, a memory, a drive mechanism, a reservoir, and communication suite; and

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to determine GPS coordinates of the infusion pump, the GPS receiver providing the GPS coordinates to the processor, the processor executing stored program instructions to provide notification for confirmation to deliver a pre-bolus volume from the reservoir when the GPS coordinates of the infusion pump are within a specified proximity of GPS coordinates of a known location.

2. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein the infusion pump case contains the GPS receiver.

3. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a controller for remotely controlling the infusion pump, the controller having a controller case containing a controller processor, a controller memory, controller communication suite, and the GPS receiver, wherein the infusion pump communication suite and the controller communication suite enable communication between the infusion pump and the controller including providing the GPS coordinates to the infusion pump processor.

4. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein the known location is stored in the memory of the infusion pump.

5. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein the known location is accessed via a third-party database.

6. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein a threshold value is required before requesting confirmation of delivery of the pre-bolus volume.

7. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 6, wherein the threshold value is time of day.

8. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 6, wherein the threshold value is a number of restaurants within a proximity of the GPS coordinates of the infusion pump.

9. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 8, wherein the number of restaurants is reported by a third party application, the third party application providing classifications for the number of restaurants.

10. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein the pre-bolus volume is determined from previous bolus deliveries.

11. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 10, wherein the previous bolus deliveries used to determine the pre-bolus volume are selected from previous bolus deliveries performed at substantially a same time and within close proximity to similar GPS coordinates.

12. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein if confirmation to deliver the pre-bolus is not received in a specified period of time, the pre-bolus is automatically canceled, the specified period of time being configurable.

13. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein if confirmation to deliver the pre-bolus is not received in a specified period of time, the pre-bolus is automatically delivered, the specified period of time being configurable.

14. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 4, wherein known locations are created by recording the GPS coordinates, time and bolus volume for any bolus delivery by the infusion pump.

15. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 4, wherein a user inputs the known location into the memory of the infusion system.

16. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, wherein confirmation to deliver the pre-bolus is received via voice recognition.

17. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, further including an option to modify the pre-bolus volume before confirming delivery.

18. The medical therapy system as defined in claim 1, furthering including an option to delay the delivery of the pre-bolus by a user specified period of time.