Ambulatory infusion devices and methods with blockage detection
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1. A method of operating an infusion device including a fluid transfer device and a catheter, the method comprising the steps of:
- transferring fluid to the catheter with the fluid transfer device a plurality of times during a measurement window;
sensing catheter pressure a plurality of times during the measurement window;
storing a plurality of sensed pressures in a queue in the order that the pressures were sensed;
computing the pressure differences between time adjacent pairs of sensed pressures; and
determining whether an increase in sensed pressure during the measurement window corresponds to an increase in sensed pressure that would result from a catheter blockage.
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Abstract
Infusion devices with blockage detection capability and methods of monitoring infusion devices.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of operating an infusion device including a fluid transfer device and a catheter, the method comprising the steps of:
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transferring fluid to the catheter with the fluid transfer device a plurality of times during a measurement window; sensing catheter pressure a plurality of times during the measurement window; storing a plurality of sensed pressures in a queue in the order that the pressures were sensed; computing the pressure differences between time adjacent pairs of sensed pressures; and determining whether an increase in sensed pressure during the measurement window corresponds to an increase in sensed pressure that would result from a catheter blockage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating an infusion device including a fluid transfer device and a catheter, the method comprising the steps of:
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transferring fluid to the catheter with the fluid transfer device a plurality of times during a measurement window of a plurality of hours; sensing catheter pressure a plurality of times during the measurement window; storing a plurality of sensed pressures in a queue in the order that the pressures were sensed; computing the pressure differences between time adjacent pairs of sensed pressures; and determining whether there are consistent blockage-based additions to catheter pressure during the measurement window that correspond to a catheter blockage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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7. A method of operating an infusion device including a fluid transfer device and an outlet, the method comprising the step of:
signaling that a blockage has been detected in response to consistent blockage-based additions to outlet pressure that are within a predetermined range and persist over a plurality of hours. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 19)
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10. An infusion device for use with a catheter, comprising:
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an outlet port configured to be secured to the catheter; a fluid transfer device operably connected to the outlet port; a pressure sensor located between the fluid transfer device and the outlet port; and a controller that differentiates between increases in sensed pressure that are the result of changes in environmental pressure and increases in sensed pressure that are the result of a catheter blockage by calculating a plurality of individual pressure differences, calculating the sum of the plurality of individual pressure differences only if each of the pressure differences is within a predetermined range, and comparing the sum to a predetermined sum threshold. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 20, 21)
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13. An infusion device for use with a catheter, comprising:
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an outlet port configured to be secured to the catheter; a fluid transfer device operably connected to the outlet port; a pressure sensor located between the fluid transfer device and the outlet port; and a controller configured to store a plurality of sensed pressures in a queue, compute the pressure differences between time adjacent pairs of sensed pressures in the queue, determine whether each of the pressure differences is within a predetermined range, and determine whether the sum of the pressure differences is greater than a predetermined sum threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An infusion device for use with a catheter, comprising:
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an outlet port configured to be secured to the catheter; a fluid transfer device operably connected to the outlet port; a pressure sensor located between the fluid transfer device and the outlet port; and means for storing a plurality of pressures sensed during a measurement window; and means for calculating a plurality of individual pressure differences between pairs of sensed pressures, calculating the sum of the plurality of individual pressure differences only if each of the pressure differences is within a predetermined range, and comparing the sum to a predetermined sum threshold to determine whether an increase in sensed pressure during the measurement window corresponds to an increase in sensed pressure that would result from a catheter blockage. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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