Estimating the volume of fluid in therapeutic fluid delivery device reservoir
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1. A method comprising:
- measuring a pressure within a therapeutic fluid reservoir of an implantable fluid delivery device with a first pressure sensor;
measuring a pressure within a chamber of the fluid delivery device at least partially surrounding the reservoir with a second pressure sensor; and
estimating a volume of a therapeutic fluid within the reservoir based on a pressure differential between the measured pressure within the reservoir and the measured pressure within the chamber.
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Abstract
A number of parameters related to the operation of a fluid delivery device are determined based on pressures within the device sensed using multiple pressure sensors. In one example, the volume of therapeutic fluid within a reservoir of a fluid delivery device is estimated based on a measured pressure differential. In another example, the rate at which a therapeutic fluid is added to or removed from the reservoir is estimated based on the measured pressure differential.
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34 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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measuring a pressure within a therapeutic fluid reservoir of an implantable fluid delivery device with a first pressure sensor; measuring a pressure within a chamber of the fluid delivery device at least partially surrounding the reservoir with a second pressure sensor; and estimating a volume of a therapeutic fluid within the reservoir based on a pressure differential between the measured pressure within the reservoir and the measured pressure within the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A fluid delivery system comprising:
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an implantable fluid delivery device comprising; a reservoir configured to store a therapeutic fluid; a chamber at least partially surrounding the reservoir; a first pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the reservoir; and a second pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the chamber; and a processor configured to receive the sensed measurements of the pressure within the reservoir from the first pressure sensor, receive the sensed measurements of the pressure within the chamber from the second pressure sensor, and estimate a volume of a therapeutic fluid within the reservoir based on a pressure differential between the measured pressure within the reservoir and the measured pressure within the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to; measure a pressure within a therapeutic fluid reservoir of an implantable fluid delivery device with a first pressure sensor; measure a pressure within a chamber of the fluid delivery device at least partially surrounding the reservoir with a second pressure sensor; and estimate a volume of a therapeutic fluid within the reservoir based on a pressure differential between the measured pressure within the reservoir and the measured pressure within the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system comprising:
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a first means for measuring a pressure within a therapeutic fluid reservoir of an implantable fluid delivery device; a second means for measuring a pressure within a chamber of the fluid delivery device at least partially surrounding the reservoir; and means for estimating a volume of a therapeutic fluid within the reservoir based on a pressure differential between the measured pressure within the reservoir and the measured pressure within the chamber.
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