INSULIN PUMP PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING CONFIGURATION DATA

• US 20100077198A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Hellwig, Robert, Greenburg, Alan, Markisohn, David Bradley, Buck, Schuyler, Bush, Jason, Davenport, Kristin
• Granted Patent: US 8,452,953 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Insulin pump programming software is disclosed that permits selectively modifying insulin pump configuration files. The software facilitates retrieving a source file consisting of a configuration file or portion thereof from a source location. The source file may include general configuration data and insulin delivery data. Once retrieved, the source file may be edited, then the entire source file or a portion thereof may be saved to a target configuration file at one or more target locations. Only the portion of the target configuration file corresponding to the saved source file or portion thereof is replaced by the source file.

Claims

1. A method for selectively modifying insulin pump configuration files, including the steps of:

retrieving a source configuration file from a source location, the source configuration file including general configuration data and at least one basal rate profile;

selecting a target configuration file including general configuration data and at least one basal rate profile; and

saving the at least one basal rate profile retrieved from the source configuration file to the target configuration file without modifying the general configuration data of the target configuration file.

2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of editing the at least one basal rate profile of the retrieved source configuration file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the source location is a memory location of an insulin pump.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target configuration file is stored on an insulin pump.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the saving step includes the step of replacing at least one basal rate profile included in the target configuration file with the at least one basal rate profile retrieved from the source configuration file.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the saving step further includes the step of reviewing on a display a comparison of the at least one basal rate profile retrieved from the source configuration file to the at least one basal rate profile included in the target configuration file.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the saving step further includes the step of inputting at least two confirmation inputs when a critical parameter relating to the at least one basal rate profile included in the target configuration file is to be increased.

8. A system for programming an insulin pump, including:

a computing device;

a communication link between the computing device and the insulin pump; and

software for execution by the computing device, the software being configured to facilitate retrieval of a source configuration file from a source location, the source configuration file including general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles, the software having a first mode wherein the source configuration file is written to a target configuration file having general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles, a second mode wherein the set of profiles of the source configuration file is written to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data of the source configuration file, and a third mode wherein one of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file is written to target configuration file without writing the general configuration data and the other of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the software is further configured to retrieve the set of profiles from the source configuration file without retrieving the general configuration data.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the software is further configured to retrieve one of the profiles of the set of profiles from the source configuration file without retrieving the general configuration data and the other of the profiles of the set of profiles.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the source location is a memory location of the computing device and the target configuration file is stored on the insulin pump.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the target configuration file includes a first configuration file stored on the insulin pump and a second configuration file stored in a memory location of the computing device.

13. A method of programming an insulin pump that operates in accordance with general configuration data and basal rate profile data contained in a configuration file stored in a memory of the pump, the method including the steps of:

executing software on a computing device to obtain new basal rate profile data from a source location;

providing input to the computing device corresponding to a command to the software to replace at least a portion of the profile data with the new profile data without modifying the general configuration data contained in the configuration file; and

reviewing on a display of the computing device differences between the profile data and the new profile data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the profile data includes a plurality of different hourly basal rate profiles.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the new profile data consists of a single basal rate profile.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the source location is a memory location of the computing device.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the source location is a memory location on a second pump.

18. A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computing device to perform method steps for managing configuration files including general configuration data and basal rate profile data, the method steps including:

providing an operator a first option for retrieving basal rate profile data from a first source configuration file stored on an insulin pump without retrieving general configuration data from the first source configuration file;

providing the operator a second option for retrieving basal rate profile data from a second source configuration file stored on a computing device without retrieving general configuration data from the first source configuration file;

providing the operator a third option for saving retrieved basal rate profile data to a first target configuration file stored on an insulin pump without modifying the general configuration data in the first target configuration file; and

providing the operator a fourth option for saving retrieved basal rate profile data to a second target configuration file stored on a computing device without modifying the general configuration data in the second target configuration file.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the method steps further include the step of providing the operator a fifth option for initiating a workflow for saving retrieved basal rate profile data to the first and the second target configuration files without modifying the general configuration data of either the first or the second target configuration files by activating a single button.

20. The medium of claim 18, wherein the method steps further include the step of causing, upon selection of the third option, a display of differences between the retrieved basal rate profile data and basal rate profile data in the first target configuration file.

21. The medium of claim 20, wherein the causing step further includes the step of prompting the operator to provide a first input to confirm an intention to replace the basal rate profile data in the first target configuration file with the retrieved basal rate profile data.

22. The medium of claim 21, wherein the prompting step further includes the step of requiring the operator to provide a second input to re-confirm the intention to replace the basal rate profile data in the first target configuration file with the retrieved basal rate profile data when a bolus delivery parameter of the retrieved basal rate profile data is greater than a corresponding bolus delivery parameter of the basal rate profile data in first target configuration file.

23. The medium of claim 21, wherein the prompting step further includes the step of requiring the operator to provide a second input to re-confirm the intention to replace the basal rate profile data in the first target configuration file with the retrieved basal rate profile data when a daily basal insulin total parameter of the retrieved basal rate profile data is greater than a corresponding daily basal insulin total parameter of the basal rate profile data in first target configuration file.

24. The medium of claim 23, wherein the second input includes keyboard entry of the daily basal insulin total parameter of the retrieved basal rate profile data into a data field.

25. The medium of claim 18, wherein the first and the second option each include the option of retrieving one of an basal rate profile set and a single basal rate profile.

26. A system for programming an insulin pump, including:

means for retrieving a source configuration file from a source location, the source configuration file including general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles;

means for saving the source configuration file to a target configuration file having general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles;

means for saving the set of profiles of the source configuration file to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data of the source configuration file; and

means for saving one of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data and the other of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file.