Method, apparatus and system for assigning remote control device to ambulatory medical device
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1. A remote control apparatus for use with an ambulatory medical device, the remote control apparatus comprising:
- a user input mechanism adapted to be actuated to generate user inputs;
a communication device adapted to facilitate a communication link between the remote control apparatus and the ambulatory medical device; and
a controller adapted to control the communication device in response to the user input mechanism being actuated, and to receive and process the user inputs to determine whether the user inputs represent a sequence that specifies a predetermined number of the user inputs, said predetermined number being two or more, authorizing an assignment of the remote control apparatus to the ambulatory medical device;
wherein the remote control apparatus has only a single user operated control, which user operated control is the user input mechanism.
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Abstract
A method for assigning a remote control to an ambulatory medical device includes generating and transmitting user inputs from a remote control to an ambulatory medical device, and receiving and processing the user inputs to determine whether the user inputs represent a sequence authorizing an assignment of the remote control to the ambulatory medical device.
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1. A remote control apparatus for use with an ambulatory medical device, the remote control apparatus comprising:
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a user input mechanism adapted to be actuated to generate user inputs; a communication device adapted to facilitate a communication link between the remote control apparatus and the ambulatory medical device; and a controller adapted to control the communication device in response to the user input mechanism being actuated, and to receive and process the user inputs to determine whether the user inputs represent a sequence that specifies a predetermined number of the user inputs, said predetermined number being two or more, authorizing an assignment of the remote control apparatus to the ambulatory medical device; wherein the remote control apparatus has only a single user operated control, which user operated control is the user input mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medical device system comprising:
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a remote, the remote having only a single user operated control, which is a single user input mechanism adapted to be actuated by a user of the remote to generate a user input; an implantable drug pump; and a communication link between the remote and the implantable drug pump; wherein the remote includes a controller adapted to control the communication link in response to the single user operated control being actuated, and to receive and process user inputs generated by the single user operated control to determine whether the user inputs represent a sequence of two or more of the user inputs recognizable by the controller as an instruction to generate and transmit to the implantable drug pump via the communication link a marrying command that assigns the remote to the implantable drug pump enabling the implantable drug pump to respond only to operational commands provided by the remote; wherein the controller is adapted, in relation to a process of assigning the remote to the implantable drug pump, to utilize the user input mechanism in a manner distinguishable from other operations effected utilizing the user input mechanism, said other operations including one or more of commanding a bolus and sending a diagnostic signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for communicating between a remote control and an implantable drug pump, the remote control having only a single user operated control, which single operated control is a user input mechanism adapted to be actuated by a user of the remote control to generate a user input, the remote control being adapted to facilitate a communication link with the implantable drug pump, the method including:
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actuating the single user input mechanism of the remote control to generate a sequence of user inputs recognizable by the remote control as an instruction to generate and transmit to the implantable drug pump via the communication link a marrying command that assigns the remote control to the implantable drug pump enabling the implantable drug pump to respond only to operational commands provided by the remote control; and after the marrying command assigns the remote control to the implantable drug pump, allowing the delivery of a predetermined dosage of therapeutic treatment with the implantable drug pump by activating the single user input mechanism to generate a signal to the implantable drug pump to commence delivering the predetermined dosage of therapeutic treatment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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