Patient device with separate user interface

• US 9,050,409 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Haueter, Ulrich, Ducret, Maurice, Bosshard, David, Rufer, Thomas, Stoller, Hans-Peter, Kaufmann, Heiner, Heutschi, Ivan, Jeckelmann, Jol, Brgger, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): THOMSON, WILLIAM D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Archer, Marie
• Application Number:
  US11/608,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20070165020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,102 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 340/539.12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4839 combined with drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt

Abstract

A patient device includes a case and a user interface for interaction between a patient and the patient device. The case may include a projection unit which projects information onto a surface separate from the case. The user interface may include a display unit for displaying information relating to the patient device integrated into the case and an additional display unit for displaying information relating to the patient device, which is external to the case. The externally provided display unit may be coupled to the case such that it can be at least one of folded, tilted, pulled out or unrolled relative to the case.

Claims

1. A patient system comprising a patient device which comprises a user interface and a case, wherein the user interface comprises a first display unit which displays information relating to the patient device and is integrated into the case and a second display unit which displays information relating to the patient device and is external to the case, wherein the second display unit is coupled to the case such that it can be at least one of folded, tilted, pulled out or unrolled relative to the case, wherein the case further comprises a projection unit comprising an optical lens and a light source which provides visible light, and wherein the first display unit is arranged directly between the optical lens and the light source such that the information can be projected onto a surface separate from the case.

2. The patient system according to claim 1, wherein the projection unit comprises a virtual keyboard on the surface, the keyboard providing for the input of data by the patient.

3. The patient system of claim 1, wherein the second display unit is larger than the first display unit.

4. The patient system of claim 1, wherein the second display unit is substantially the size of the case.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient device is an insulin pump.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient device is a blood glucose meter.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient device further comprises a hinge, wherein the hinge couples the second display unit to the case such that it can be at least one of folded, tilted, pulled out or unrolled relative to the case.