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Wearable insulin dispensing device, and a combination of such a device and a programming controller

  • US 9,757,512 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2016
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medicine dispensing system, comprising:

  • a wearable pump housing assembly, the wearable pump housing assembly configured to house a medicine reservoir in an interior space such that the medicine reservoir extends in a longitudinal direction along a length of the wearable pump housing assembly;

    a piston movably arranged in the housing assembly to dispense insulin from the medicine reservoir;

    a drive system to advance the piston toward the medicine reservoir;

    a bolus push button arranged on the wearable pump housing assembly so as to activate a bolus dispensing operation in which a bolus dosage of medicine is dispensed from the medicine reservoir;

    a combined microphone and audio speaker arranged on the wearable pump housing assembly for recording audio and emitting sounds upon manipulation of the bolus push button; and

    a control circuit in the pump housing assembly to communicate drive signals to the drive system to cause the dispensation of the insulin, the control circuit including;

    a programmable unit that stores a programmed dosage schedule.

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