User interface indicating fluid location for an implantable fluid delivery device

• US 8,862,451 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2010
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Alme, Sarah B., Drew, Touby A., Shen, Jiaying
• Primary Examiner(s): ALHIJA, SAIF A
• Application Number:
  US12/691,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• Field of Search: 703/3, 703/4, 703/11
• US Class Current: 703/11
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14288 Infusion or injection simulation simulation of surgery in general A61B34/10; training for or simulation of use of injection or infusion devices G09B23/285
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3507 with implanted devices, e.g. external control
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14276 specially adapted for implantation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/285 for injections, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, sigmoidscopy, insertion of contraceptive devices or enemas
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

A programmer device includes an interface that communicates with an implantable fluid delivery device and a user interface that displays a representation of a portion of the implantable fluid delivery device and displays an indication of a location of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during a delivery phase, e.g., a priming or bridging phase. The user interface may display a representation of progress of the delivery phase. The user interface may display the indication of the location of the fluid within internal tubing of the implantable fluid delivery device or within a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device. The programmer device may display the representation of the progress of the delivery phase as a simulation of the delivery phase or during the actual delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device. A user may therefore observe a location of fluid corresponding to progress of the delivery phase.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of an implantable fluid delivery device via a user interface associated with a programmer device that communicates with the implantable fluid delivery device; and

displaying, as part of the graphical illustration, an indication of a location of an endpoint of a fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase via the user interface, wherein the endpoint comprises a graphical representation of a point in the implantable fluid delivery device distinguishing where the fluid is present from where the fluid is not present in the implantable fluid delivery device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of the delivery phase comprises displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during an actual delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of the delivery phase comprises displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during a simulation of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device comprises:

displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a reservoir of the implantable fluid delivery device;

displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of internal tubing of the implantable fluid delivery device; and

displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprises displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the internal tubing.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprises displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the catheter.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprises displaying the indication over the displayed graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery phase comprises a priming phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery phase comprises a bridging phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the fluid comprises a first fluid and the indication comprises a first indication, the method further comprising displaying, as part of the graphical illustration, a second indication of a second location of a second fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying an indication of a gap between the first indication of the location of the endpoint of the first fluid and the second indication of the second location of the second fluid.

42. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device via the user interface comprises displaying a pictorial representation of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device via the user interface, and wherein displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprises displaying an indication of a first location of fluid from a plurality of possible locations of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

13. A programmer device comprising:

a device interface that communicates with an implantable fluid delivery device; and

a user interface that displays a graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of the implantable fluid delivery device and displays, as a part of the graphical illustration, an indication of a location of an endpoint of a fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein the endpoint comprises a graphical representation of a point in the implantable fluid delivery device distinguishing where the fluid is present from where the fluid is not present in the implantable fluid delivery device.

14. The programmer device of claim 13, wherein the user interface displays a graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

15. The programmer device of claim 13, wherein the user interface displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during a simulation of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

16. The programmer device of claim 13, wherein the graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of the implantable fluid delivery device displayed by the user interface comprises a graphical illustration of structure of a reservoir, internal tubing, and a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device.

17. The programmer device of claim 16, wherein the user interface displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the internal tubing.

18. The programmer device of claim 16, wherein the user interface displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the catheter.

19. The programmer device of claim 13, wherein the delivery phase comprises a bridging phase, wherein the fluid comprises a first fluid, wherein the indication comprises a first indication, and wherein the user interface displays, as a part of the graphical illustration, a second indication of a second location of a second fluid.

43. The programmer device of claim 13, wherein the user interface displays a pictorial representation of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device via the user interface and displays an indication of a first location of fluid from a plurality of possible locations of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

20. A system comprising:

an implantable fluid delivery device that delivers a fluid to a patient; and

a programmer device, communicatively coupled to the implantable fluid delivery device, that displays a graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of the implantable fluid delivery device and displays, as a part of the graphical illustration, an indication of a location of an endpoint of a fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein the endpoint comprises a graphical representation of a point in the implantable fluid delivery device distinguishing where the fluid is present from where the fluid is not present in the implantable fluid delivery device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the programmer device displays a graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the programmer device displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid during a simulation of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device displayed by the programmer device comprises a graphical illustration representative of structure of a reservoir, internal tubing, and a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the programmer device displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the internal tubing.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the programmer device displays the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the catheter.

26. The system of claim 20, wherein the delivery phase comprises a bridging phase, wherein the fluid comprises a first fluid, wherein the indication comprises a first indication, and wherein the programmer device displays, as a part of the graphical illustration, a second indication of a second location of a second fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

44. The system of claim 20, wherein the programmer device displays a pictorial representation of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device and displays an indication of a first location of fluid from a plurality of possible locations of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to:

display a graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of an implantable fluid delivery device; and

display, as a part of the graphical illustration, an indication of a location of an endpoint of a fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein the endpoint comprises a graphical representation of a point in the implantable fluid delivery device distinguishing where the fluid is present from where the fluid is not present in the implantable fluid delivery device.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions to display a graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during the delivery phase comprise instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device during an actual delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the instructions to display the graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase comprise instructions to display the graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase as a simulation of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions to display the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device comprise instructions to:

display a graphical illustration representative of structure of a reservoir of the implantable fluid delivery device;

display a graphical illustration representative of structure of internal tubing of the implantable fluid delivery device; and

display a graphical illustration representative of structure of a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the internal tubing.

33. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 31, wherein the instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise instructions to display the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the catheter.

34. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the delivery phase comprises a bridging phase, wherein the fluid comprises a first fluid, wherein the indication comprises a first indication, further comprising instructions to display, as a part of the graphical illustration, a second indication of a second location of a second fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

45. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions for causing the programmable processor to display the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device cause the programmable processor to display a pictorial representation of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device, and wherein the instructions for causing the programmable processor to display an indication of a location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device cause the programmable processor to display an indication of a first location of fluid from a plurality of possible locations of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

35. A device comprising:

means for communicating with an implantable fluid delivery device;

means for displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a portion of the implantable fluid delivery device; and

means for displaying, as a part of the graphical illustration, an indication of a location of an endpoint of a fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device at a particular time during progression of a delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein the endpoint comprises a graphical representation of a point in the implantable fluid delivery device distinguishing where the fluid is present from where the fluid is not present in the implantable fluid delivery device.

36. The device of claim 35, further comprising means for displaying a graphical illustration representative of progress of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

37. The device of claim 35, wherein the means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device as a simulation of the delivery phase of the implantable fluid delivery device.

38. The device of claim 35, wherein the means for displaying the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device comprise:

means for displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a reservoir of the implantable fluid delivery device;

means for displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of internal tubing of the implantable fluid delivery device; and

means for displaying a graphical illustration representative of structure of a catheter of the implantable fluid delivery device.

39. The device of claim 38, wherein the means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the internal tubing.

40. The device of claim 38, wherein the means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the catheter.

41. The device of claim 35, wherein the delivery phase comprises a bridging phase, wherein the fluid comprises a first fluid, wherein the indication comprises a first indication, further comprising means for displaying, as a part of the graphical illustration a second indication of a second location of a second fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.

46. The system of claim 35, wherein the means for displaying the graphical illustration representative of structure of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device comprise means for displaying a pictorial representation of the portion of the implantable fluid delivery device via the user interface, and wherein the means for displaying the indication of the location of the endpoint of the fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device comprise means for displaying an indication of a first location of fluid from a plurality of possible locations of fluid within the implantable fluid delivery device.