Portable infusion pump and media player

• US 9,314,566 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Insulet Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
• Inventors: Wenger, Mitchell, Estes, Mark C., Chiang, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Nathan R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carpenter, William
• Application Number:
  US13/613,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: 604/66, 604/67, 604/503, 604/27, 700/94
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14268 with a reusable and a disposable component
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/31518 designed to reduce the overall size of an injection device, e.g. using flexible or pivotally connected chain-like rod members
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/582 by tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/80 voice-operated command
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1413 Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data

Abstract

Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to deliver medicine (e.g., insulin or the like) to a user and to deliver media content to a user. The media content can include, for example, MP3 music and other audio/video data stored in a memory device in the portable system. Thus, in particular embodiments, the portable infusion pump system can serve a dual purpose of providing medication and entertainment for the user from a compact and unobtrusive device.

Claims

1. A medical infusion pump system, comprising:

a portable, wearable housing defining an interior space to receive insulin;

a pump drive system positioned in the portable housing and configured to dispense insulin to a user from the portable, wearable housing when the insulin is received in the space; and

a controller in communication with the pump drive system positioned in the portable, wearable pump housing so as to transmit activation signals for the pump drive system, the controller including a user interface comprising at least a display device and an audio output device, the controller further including a memory device that stores digital music content for playback through the audio output device;

wherein a pump parameter related to dispensation of the insulin from the portable, wearable housing is adjustable in response to user input at the user interface;

wherein the controller is configured to output an audible alert through the audio output device, the audible alert being indicative of a detected alarm condition of the infusion pump system, wherein outputting the audible alert includes stopping playback of the digital music content and displaying a message on the display device indicating that playback of the digital music content has been stopped due to the detected alarm condition;

wherein the controller is further configured to restart playback of the digital music content through the audio output device in response to the controller receiving user input on the user interface indicating that the detected alarm condition is acknowledged or resolved; and

wherein the controller is further configured to output a different audible alert through the audio output device in response to detection of a different detected alarm condition, the different detected alarm condition being of a different type than the detected alarm condition, wherein outputting the different audible alert includes temporarily stopping playback of the digital music content and automatically resuming playback of the digital music content after outputting of the different audible alert.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to output a visual alert through the display device, the visual alert being indicative of the detected alarm condition.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to automatically resume playback of the digital music content after outputting of the different audible alert without receiving user input on the user interface indicating that the different detected alarm condition is acknowledged or resolved.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the detected alarm condition requires immediate intervention; and

the different detected alarm condition does not require immediate intervention.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the detected alarm condition is resolved and restart playback of the digital music content through the audio output device in response in to determining that the detected alarm condition is resolved.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the detected alarm condition is not resolved and continue outputting the audible alert through the audio output device in response to determining that the detected alarm condition is not resolved.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller is further configured to enter an emergency mode of operation in response to determining that the detected alarm condition is not resolved.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein entering the emergency mode of operation includes outputting a series of incrementally louder alarms.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface of the controller contemporaneously displays insulin delivery information and media content playback information on a display screen of the user interface.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the audible alert includes instructions on how to respond to the detected alarm condition.

11. A method of using a medical infusion pump system, comprising:

outputting digital music content through an audio output device of a medical infusion pump system, the medical infusion pump system comprising;

a portable, wearable housing defining an interior space to receive insulin;

a pump drive system positioned in the portable housing and configured to dispense insulin to a user from the portable, wearable housing when the insulin is received in the space; and

a controller in communication with the pump drive system positioned in the portable, wearable pump housing so as to transmit activation signals for the pump drive system, the controller including a user interface comprising at least a display device and the audio output device, the controller further including a memory device that stores the digital music content for playback through the audio output device;

detecting, by the controller, an alarm condition of the medical infusion pump system;

stopping, in response to detecting the alarm condition, playback of the digital music content through the audio output device;

outputting, in response to detecting the alarm condition and after stopping playback of the digital music content, an audible alert through the audio output device, the audible alert being indicative of the detected alarm condition;

displaying, on the display device, a message indicating that playback of the digital music content has been stopped due to the detected alarm condition;

receiving user input on the user interface indicating that the detected alarm condition is acknowledged or resolved;

restarting playback of the digital music content through the audio output device in response to receiving the user input;

detecting, by the controller, a different alarm condition of the medical infusion pump system, the different alarm condition being of a different type than the alarm condition;

temporarily pausing playback of the digital music content through the audio output device in response to detecting the different alarm condition;

outputting, in response to detecting the alarm condition and after temporarily pausing playback of the digital music content, a different audible alert through the audio output device, the different audible alert being indicative of the different alarm condition; and

automatically resuming playback of the digital music content after outputting the different audible alert through the audio output device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying, on the display device, a visual alert indicative of the detected alarm condition, the visual alert including instructions on how to respond to the detected alarm condition.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein automatically resuming playback of the digital music content after outputting the different audible alert through the audio output device is performed without receiving user input on the user interface indicating that the different detected alarm condition is acknowledged or resolved.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining, by the controller, that the detected alarm condition is resolved; and

restarting playback of the digital music content through the audio output device in response determining that the detected alarm condition is resolved.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining, by the controller, that the detected alarm condition is not resolved; and

continuing to output the audible alert through the audio output device in response to determining that the detected alarm condition is not resolved.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising entering, by the controller, an emergency mode of operation in response to determining that the detected alarm condition is not resolved.