Systems and methods for facilitating patient-based adjustment of drug infusion
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1. A method of operating a drug infusion system comprising:
- establishing an external patient programmer operating communication circuitry of a communication module for providing communication within a drug infusion system containing a pump realized at least partially external to a patient and being configured to deliver drug therapy to a patient;
presenting to the patient on the external patient programmer a set of at least one question relating to the drug therapy;
receiving patient input information in the external patient programmer, said patient input information generated by the patient in response to the set of at least one question relating to the drug therapy;
establishing and operating a patient alert module containing at least one patient response rule;
applying a patient response rule to the patient input information within a processing module of a control subsystem wherein the patient input information is operated upon by a processor using an algorithm for realizing the at least one patient response rule in cooperation with the patient input information; and
,generating, using the processor, a proposed parameter value for at least one drug infusion system protocol parameter setting as a function of the patient response rule, the protocol parameter setting stored in memory for use in determining therapy delivered by the drug infusion system.
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Abstract
A drug infusion system located at least partially external to the patient having a pump and a patient programmer control configured to present to the patient a question and receive patient input information in response thereto. A patient response rule module is configured to apply a rule to the input information provided by a patient. For example, the patient response rule can be used to provide an insulin pump setting according to the patient response rule or to provide a setting, or to provide a setting that is proposed to the user. Other systems and methods are also described such as asking questions related to the adjustment of future therapy settings.
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1. A method of operating a drug infusion system comprising:
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establishing an external patient programmer operating communication circuitry of a communication module for providing communication within a drug infusion system containing a pump realized at least partially external to a patient and being configured to deliver drug therapy to a patient; presenting to the patient on the external patient programmer a set of at least one question relating to the drug therapy; receiving patient input information in the external patient programmer, said patient input information generated by the patient in response to the set of at least one question relating to the drug therapy; establishing and operating a patient alert module containing at least one patient response rule; applying a patient response rule to the patient input information within a processing module of a control subsystem wherein the patient input information is operated upon by a processor using an algorithm for realizing the at least one patient response rule in cooperation with the patient input information; and
,generating, using the processor, a proposed parameter value for at least one drug infusion system protocol parameter setting as a function of the patient response rule, the protocol parameter setting stored in memory for use in determining therapy delivered by the drug infusion system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A drug infusion system including:
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(a) a pump that is realized at least partially external to the patient; (b) an external patient programmer (c) a patient alert module, said patient alert module configured to; (i) present a set of at least one question to a patient relating to a drug therapy using the external patient programmer for controlling and providing communication with the pump of the drug infusion system; (ii) receive patient input information from the patient in response to the set of at least one question provided by the external patient programmer, said patient alert module containing at least one patient response rule, the patient alert module further configured to; (iii) apply the at least one patient response rule to the patient input information, where the patient response rule is operated upon by an algorithm to realize the patient response rule; and (iv) generate a proposed parameter value for at least one drug infusion system protocol parameter setting from application of the patient response rule, the protocol parameter setting stored in a processor memory for use in determining therapy delivered by the drug infusion system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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