Refill of implantable fluid delivery devices based on therapeutic fluid expiration
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a refill interval for a therapeutic fluid delivered by a fluid delivery device based on an expiration time for the therapeutic fluid;
wherein the expiration time comprises a period of time prescribed by a clinician; and
generating a refill indication based on the refill interval.
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Abstract
An expiration time of a therapeutic fluid delivered by an implantable fluid delivery device is employed to calculate a fill volume and determine a refill interval for the fluid. The expiration time of the therapeutic fluid may be based on or dictated by a stability time set by the manufacturer of the therapeutic fluid, a clinician treating a patient to whom the fluid is to be delivered, the manufacturer of the device delivering the fluid, or combinations thereof.
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1. A method comprising:
determining a refill interval for a therapeutic fluid delivered by a fluid delivery device based on an expiration time for the therapeutic fluid;
wherein the expiration time comprises a period of time prescribed by a clinician; and
generating a refill indication based on the refill interval.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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determining a refill interval for a therapeutic fluid delivered by a fluid delivery device based on an expiration time for the therapeutic fluid; and generating a refill indication based on the refill interval, wherein generating the refill indication comprises vibrating the fluid delivery device.
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15. A method comprising:
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determining a refill interval for a therapeutic fluid delivered by a fluid delivery device based on an expiration time for the therapeutic fluid;
wherein determining the refill interval comprises determining the refill interval based on a volume of the therapeutic fluid to be stored in the fluid delivery device;
comparing the fluid volume based refill interval to the expiration time; and
at least one of setting the refill interval for the therapeutic fluid to the lesser of the fluid volume based refill interval and the expiration time or displaying the volume based refill interval and the expiration time; andgenerating a refill indication based on the refill interval.
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