System and method for administering an infusible fluid

• US 10,398,835 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Bryant, Robert J., Mandro, Marc A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carpenter, William R
• Application Number:
  US14/935,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20160058942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,394 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1452 pressurised by means of pistons
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters ; Monitoring media flow to the body flow control in general G05D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and infusion pump assembly for administering a sequential, multi-part, infusion event, wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a plurality of discrete infusion events. If a one-time infusion event is available to be administered, the administration of at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event is delayed. The one-time infusion event is administered.

Claims

1. A method for delivering an infusible fluid through an infusion pump assembly, the method comprising:

administering, through processing logic of the infusion pump assembly, a sequential, multi-part, infusion event using the infusion pump assembly, wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a plurality of discrete infusion events;

determining, within the processing logic, whether a one-time infusion event is available to be administered; and

if a one-time infusion event is available to be administered, delaying the administration of at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event through the processing logic; and

administering, through the processing logic, the one-time infusion event using the infusion pump assembly during which the administration of at least the portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part infusion event is delayed.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

once the administration of the one-time infusion event is completed, administering the at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a basal infusion event.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes an extended bolus infusion event.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a normal bolus infusion event.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plurality of discrete infusion events includes a plurality of discrete infusion sub-events.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a plurality of one-time infusion sub-events.

8. An infusion pump assembly comprising:

a processor with processing logic configured to perform operations; and

a computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

administering a sequential, multi-part, infusion event using the infusion pump assembly, wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a plurality of discrete infusion events;

determining, at the processor, whether a one-time infusion event is available to be administered; and

if a one-time infusion event is available to be administered, delaying the administration of at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential;

multi-part, infusion event using the processor; and

administering the one-time infusion event using the infusion pump assembly during which the administration of at least the portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event is delayed.

9. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8, wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions for:

once the administration of the one-time infusion event is completed, administering the at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event.

10. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a basal infusion event.

11. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes an extended bolus infusion event.

12. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a normal bolus infusion event.

13. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8 wherein at least one of the plurality of discrete infusion events includes a plurality of discrete infusion sub-events.

14. The infusion pump assembly of claim 8 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a plurality of one-time infusion sub-events.

15. An infusion pump assembly having a processor with processing logic configured to perform operations comprising:

administering a sequential, multi-part, infusion event using the infusion pump assembly, wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a plurality of discrete infusion events;

determining, at the processor, whether a one-time infusion event is available to be administered; and

if a one-time infusion event is available to be administered, delaying the administration of at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event using the processor; and

administering the one-time infusion event using the infusion pump assembly during which the administration of at least the portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event is delayed.

16. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15, wherein the processor of the infusion pump assembly is further configured to perform operations comprising:

once the administration of the one-time infusion event is completed, administering the at least a portion of the plurality of discrete infusion events included within the sequential, multi-part, infusion event.

17. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes a basal infusion event.

18. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15 wherein the sequential, multi-part, infusion event includes an extended bolus infusion event.

19. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a normal bolus infusion event.

20. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15 wherein at least one of the plurality of discrete infusion events includes a plurality of discrete infusion sub-events.

21. The infusion pump assembly of claim 15 wherein the one-time infusion event includes a plurality of one-time infusion sub-events.