Distribution of infusion pumps
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1. A method of providing a medicine infusion pump device, comprising:
- storing multiple infusion pump devices in a pharmacy inventory while also storing prefilled medicine cartridges in the pharmacy inventory, each of the prefilled medicine cartridges being sealed by a pierceable septum and being external to the infusion pump devices when stored in the pharmacy inventory, each of the infusion pump devices including a cap device configured to seal an external opening of a respective infusion pump device and configured to pierce the septum of a respective prefilled medicine cartridge after the respective prefilled medicine cartridge is slidably inserted through said external opening; and
in response to a request for a pharmacy to provide at least infusion pumps for an individual user, contemporaneously distributing from the pharmacy a set of said infusion pump devices in a predetermined quantity along with the same predetermined quantity of said prefilled medicine cartridges from the pharmacy inventory and a plurality of infusion sets attachable to said cap devices of the infusion pump devices, wherein the prefilled medicine cartridges are external to the infusion pump devices when the infusion pump devices are distributed to the individual user.
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Abstract
Some embodiments described herein provide for a number of portable infusion pumps to be distributed to a pump user via a pharmacy system or like.
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1. A method of providing a medicine infusion pump device, comprising:
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storing multiple infusion pump devices in a pharmacy inventory while also storing prefilled medicine cartridges in the pharmacy inventory, each of the prefilled medicine cartridges being sealed by a pierceable septum and being external to the infusion pump devices when stored in the pharmacy inventory, each of the infusion pump devices including a cap device configured to seal an external opening of a respective infusion pump device and configured to pierce the septum of a respective prefilled medicine cartridge after the respective prefilled medicine cartridge is slidably inserted through said external opening; and in response to a request for a pharmacy to provide at least infusion pumps for an individual user, contemporaneously distributing from the pharmacy a set of said infusion pump devices in a predetermined quantity along with the same predetermined quantity of said prefilled medicine cartridges from the pharmacy inventory and a plurality of infusion sets attachable to said cap devices of the infusion pump devices, wherein the prefilled medicine cartridges are external to the infusion pump devices when the infusion pump devices are distributed to the individual user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing an insulin infusion pump system, comprising:
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arranging a plurality of disposable and non-reusable infusion pump devices and a plurality of prefilled insulin cartridges into a package according to a predetermined ratio of one infusion pump device to one prefilled insulin cartridge, each of the prefilled insulin cartridges being sealed by a pierceable septum and being external to the infusion pump devices arranged in the package, each of the infusion pump devices including a cap device configured to seal an external opening of a respective infusion pump device and configured to pierce the septum of a respective prefilled insulin cartridge after the respective prefilled insulin cartridge is slidably inserted through said external opening, wherein the prefilled insulin cartridges are positioned in an insulated cooler compartment of the package, and wherein the prefilled insulin cartridges are external to the infusion pump devices when the infusion pump devices are arranged into the package; and providing the package containing the predetermined ratio of the disposable and non-reusable infusion pump devices and the prefilled insulin cartridges to a requester in response to a request, wherein the prefilled insulin cartridges are external to the infusion pump devices when the infusion pump devices are distributed to the requester. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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