Illumination instrument for an infusion pump

• US 8,211,062 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insulet Corporation
• Original Assignee: Asante Solutions, Inc (Abbott Laboratories)
• Inventors: Estes, Mark C., Causey, James, Miller, Steve, Balmeo, Mellanie, Wenger, Mitchell
• Primary Examiner(s): Lucchesi, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): FLICK, JASON E
• Application Number:
  US12/898,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20110021992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 604/141
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/31518 designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device, e.g. using flexible or pivotally connected chain-like rod members
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/00 Details, component parts, or accessories machine elements in general F16

Abstract

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user'"'"'s inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A portable and wearable infusion pump system comprising:

a pump device including;

a pump housing including an interior wall that at least partially defines a space to slidably receive a pre-filled medicine cartridge, and a drive system to dispense a medicine from the pre-filled medicine cartridge through an infusion set cannula adapted to penetrate a user'"'"'s skin; and

an infusion pump controller including control circuitry that transmits control signals to the drive system of the pump device, and a user interface comprising a display device and one or more buttons; and

an illumination instrument electrically connected to the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller such that the illumination instrument emits an inspection light in direct response to actuating the one or more buttons of the infusion pump controller, wherein the illumination instrument is different from the display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller.

2. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the inspection light from the illumination instrument illuminates one or more components of the pump device.

3. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the inspection light from the illumination instrument illuminates one or more components of an infusion set.

4. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument directs the inspection light in a first direction while the display device faces a second direction that is different from the first direction.

5. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument is arranged on a first face of the infusion pump controller and the display device is arranged on a second face of the infusion pump controller that is different from the first face.

6. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the infusion pump controller is a reusable device that is removably attachable to the pump device.

7. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument is housed in a controller housing of the infusion pump controller that is removably attachable to the pump housing of the pump component.

8. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically deactivates the illumination instrument after a predetermined period of time.

9. The pump system of claim 8, wherein the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically activates the light source of the illumination instrument in response to initiation of a pump priming operation.

10. The pump system of claim 8, wherein the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically activates the light source of the illumination instrument in response to an alarm condition.

12. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument comprises an LED device positioned adjacent to a light guide, wherein the light guide extends to a housing so that the inspection light is configured to exit the light guide and illuminates a targeted site.

13. The pump system of claim 12, wherein the LED device of the illumination instrument is sealed inside the housing.

14. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument is adapted to emit the inspection light for illuminating a targeted external site including at least one of an infusion set and a pump component by outputting a beam of light having an illumination intensity that noticeably illuminates a specific area around the targeted external site from more than six inches away.

15. The pump system of claim 14, wherein the beam of light illuminates a circular area having a diameter of about ten inches around the targeted external site from more than twelve inches away.

16. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the pump housing includes aperture that reaches the space to slidably receive the pre-filled medicine cartridge, the pump device further comprising a cap device that mates with the pump housing to cover the aperture and puncture a septum of the pre-filled medicine cartridge when the pre-filled medicine cartridge is slidably received in the space.

17. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the drive system of the pump device comprises a battery-powered actuator that moves in response to the control signals electrically communicated from the infusion pump controller to the pump device.

18. The pump system of claim 1, wherein the illumination instrument comprises light source that is mounted to a circuit board of the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller inside of housing structure.

11. A portable and wearable infusion pump system comprising:

a pump device including;

a pump housing including an interior wall that at least partially defines a space to slidably receive a pre-filled medicine cartridge, and a drive system to dispense a medicine from the pre-filled medicine cartridge through a cannula adapted to penetrate a user'"'"'s skin; and

an infusion pump controller including control circuitry that transmits control signals to the drive system of the pump device, and a user interface comprising a display device and one or more buttons; and

an illumination instrument electrically connected to the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller such that the illumination instrument emits an inspection light in direct response to actuating the one or more buttons of the infusion pump controller, wherein the illumination instrument is different from the display device of the user interface of the infusion pump controller, wherein the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller automatically deactivates the illumination instrument after a predetermined period of time, wherein the control circuitry of the infusion pump controller limits activation of the light source of the illumination instrument when an ambient light level detected by an ambient light sensor is higher than a particular threshold.

19. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the illumination instrument is housed in a controller housing of the infusion pump controller that is removably attachable to the pump housing of the pump component.

20. The pump system of claim 11, wherein the illumination instrument comprises an LED device positioned adjacent to a light guide, wherein the light guide extends to a housing so that the inspection light is configured to exit the light guide and illuminates a targeted site.