Remote monitoring for networked fluid infusion systems
First Claim
1. A network-based medical device system for a user, the system comprising:
- an external fluid infusion pump that is part of a local medical device system, wherein the fluid infusion pump is controlled to deliver fluid to the body of the user via an infusion set having a cannula inserted under the user'"'"'s skin;
a monitor device for the local medical device system and to enable remote programming and control of the fluid infusion pump by at least one device external to the local medical device system, the monitor device comprising a communication module and a network interface coupled to the communication module, the communication module being configured to generate a network communication that conveys data related to operation or control of the fluid infusion pump; and
a network device external to the local medical device system, the network device and the network interface being configured to enable transmission of the network communication from the monitor device to the network device via a network communication link, wherein the network device receives and processes the data conveyed in the network communication, generates, in response to the data conveyed in the network communication, an activation instruction to remotely activate delivery of fluid by the fluid infusion pump, and transmits the activation instruction in a network control communication that is intended for the fluid infusion pump, and wherein the fluid infusion pump receives the network control communication from the network device, processes the activation instruction, and delivers fluid to the body of the user in accordance with the activation instruction.
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Abstract
A fluid infusion system as described herein includes a number of local “body network” devices, such as an infusion pump, a handheld monitor or controller, a physiological sensor, and a bedside or hospital monitor. The body network devices can be configured to support communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between one another. In addition, the body network devices can be configured to support networked communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, control signals, and other information between the body network devices and “external” devices, systems, or communication networks. Such external communication allows the infusion system to be extended beyond the traditional short-range user environment.
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36 Claims
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1. A network-based medical device system for a user, the system comprising:
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an external fluid infusion pump that is part of a local medical device system, wherein the fluid infusion pump is controlled to deliver fluid to the body of the user via an infusion set having a cannula inserted under the user'"'"'s skin; a monitor device for the local medical device system and to enable remote programming and control of the fluid infusion pump by at least one device external to the local medical device system, the monitor device comprising a communication module and a network interface coupled to the communication module, the communication module being configured to generate a network communication that conveys data related to operation or control of the fluid infusion pump; and a network device external to the local medical device system, the network device and the network interface being configured to enable transmission of the network communication from the monitor device to the network device via a network communication link, wherein the network device receives and processes the data conveyed in the network communication, generates, in response to the data conveyed in the network communication, an activation instruction to remotely activate delivery of fluid by the fluid infusion pump, and transmits the activation instruction in a network control communication that is intended for the fluid infusion pump, and wherein the fluid infusion pump receives the network control communication from the network device, processes the activation instruction, and delivers fluid to the body of the user in accordance with the activation instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A network-based medical device system for a user, the system comprising:
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a monitor device for a local medical device system, the monitor device comprising a communication module and a network interface coupled to the communication module, wherein the communication module generates network communications; and a plurality of network devices external to the local medical device system, wherein the network interface of the monitor device and each of the network devices support transmission the network communications from the monitor device to the network devices via network communication links;
whereinthe monitor device receives a notification related to operation of another local device in the local medical device system, selects one of the plurality of network devices as an intended recipient of the notification, selects, from a plurality of data communication protocols, one or more protocols corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of network devices, and transmits a network communication that conveys the notification to the selected one of the plurality of network devices, in accordance with the selected one or more protocols.
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