INFUSION AND SENSING DEVICE WITH BATTERY CHANGING AND DATA TRANSFERRING MECHANISMS

• US 20110009824A1
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Gescheit, Illai, Mor, Tsabar, Neta, Avraham, Keret, Avihoo P., Yodfat, Ofer
• Granted Patent: US 8,641,672 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14268 with a reusable and a disposable component
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14573 with a replaceable reservoir for quick connection/disconnection with a driving system
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1726 the body parameters being measured at, or proximate to, the infusion site
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0266 Shape memory materials
• 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 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8243 by induction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8262 connectable to external power source, e.g. connecting to automobile battery through the cigarette lighter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8293 Solar
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14216 Reciprocating piston type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14232 Roller pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1456 with a replaceable reservoir comprising a piston rod to be moved into the reservoir, e.g. the piston rod is part of the removable reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable ambulatory fluid delivery device. The device includes a dispensing unit to dispense therapeutic fluid, the dispensing unit including one or more rechargeable batteries, a housing to retain the one or more rechargeable batteries, a reservoir to contain the therapeutic fluid, a driving mechanism to cause delivery of the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir to a user'"'"'s body, and at least one electrical connector to be coupled to a recharging unit to direct electrical power received from the recharging unit to recharge the one or more rechargeable batteries. At least a portion of the housing is securable to a skin of the user.

Claims

1-47. -47. (canceled)

48. A therapeutic fluid delivery system comprising:

a pump to dispense therapeutic fluid to the body of a user, the pump including a disposable part and two or more reusable parts, the disposable part configured to connect to at least one of the two or more reusable parts, each of the two or more reusable parts having one or more rechargeable batteries to store energy to power the pump; and

a recharging device configured to recharge at least one of the two or more reusable parts while another reusable part of the two or more reusable parts is connected to the disposable part.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the pump comprises a single disposable part configured to be connected to each of the two or more reusable parts.

50. The system of claim 48, wherein the two or more reusable parts are configured to be interchangeable with one another.

51. The system of claim 48, wherein:

the disposable part includes a reservoir containing the therapeutic fluid;

each of the two or more reusable parts having at least a portion of a driving mechanism to cause delivery of the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir to the user'"'"'s body, the one or more rechargeable batteries and at least one electrical connector;

the pump being operable upon connection of the disposable part and one of the two or more reusable parts; and

the at least one electrical connector of at least one of the two or more reusable parts being coupleable to the recharging device when at least one of the two or more reusable parts is disconnected from the disposable part to direct electrical power received from the recharging device to recharge the one or more rechargeable batteries.

52. The system of claim 48, wherein the recharging device comprises:

at least one electrical connector configured to couple with to at least one electrical connector of at least one of the two or more reusable parts to provide electrical power to the at least one electrical connector of the at least one of the two or more reusable parts to recharge the one or more rechargeable batteries; and

a charger configured to direct electrical power from a power source to the at least one electrical connecter of the recharging device, said charger further configured to alter the electrical power directed from the power source.

53. The system of claim 48, wherein each of the two or more reusable parts further comprises a communication module to communicate data signals representative of data relating to operation of the pump, the communication module configured to communicate the data signals substantially concomitantly with receipt of the electrical power from the recharging device.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the at least one electrical connector of each of the two or more reusable parts includes a USB connector configured to direct the electrical power and the data signals.

55. The system of claim 53, wherein the communication module includes a wireless transceiver and further configured to establish a communication link with a remote control communicating the data signals.

56. The system of claim 52, wherein the at least one electrical connector of the recharging device includes at least one transducer configured to cause inductive transfer of the electrical power from the at least one transducer to another transducer disposed in each of the two or more reusable parts.

57. The system of claim 56, wherein the inductively transferred electrical power includes a power signal modulated based on data relating to operation of the pump, and each of the two or more reusable parts further comprises a communication module to demodulate and determine, based on the modulated power signal, the data relating to the operation of the pump.

58. The system of claim 48, wherein the at least one electrical connector of each of the two or more reusable parts includes:

at least one dedicated recharging electrical terminal to receive the electrical power from the recharging device; and

at least one dedicated data terminal to perform bi-directional communication of data relating to operation of the pump.

59. The system of claim 48, further comprising a cradle configured to be adhered to the skin of the user, the pump being connectable and disconnectable to and from the cradle.

60. The system of claim 52, wherein the recharging device further comprises a communication module to communicate data signals representative of data relating to operation of the pump, and the at least one electrical connector of the recharging device is configured to provide the electrical power substantially concomitantly with communication of the data signals through the communication module of the recharging device.

61. The system of claim 52, wherein the at least one electrical connector of the recharging device includes a first electrical connector configured to be coupled to one of the two or more reusable parts and a second electrical connector configured to be coupled to another reusable part of the two or more reusable parts.

62. The system of claim 60, wherein the communication module of the recharging device is configured to receive data from one of the two or more reusable parts and transmit the received data to another reusable part of the two or more reusable parts.

63. The system of claim 52, wherein the recharging device further comprising a storage device to store data relating to operation of the pump.

64. The system of claim 48, wherein the recharging device is further configured to charge a remote control and/or communicate data signals with the remote control.

65. The system of claim 60, wherein the communication module of the recharging device is configured to communicate data signals with at least one of a pump, a personal computer and a remote control.

66. The system of claim 52, wherein the at least one electrical connector of the recharging device includes:

at least one recharging electrical terminal to direct output power from the power source; and

at least one data terminal to communicate data signals representative of the data relating to operation of the pump.

67. The system of claim 52, wherein the recharging device further comprises a portable power source including at least one battery to generate at least a portion of the electrical power directed to the one of the two or more reusable parts.

68. The system of claim 52, wherein the recharging device further comprises a portable housing containing the at least one electrical connector of the recharging device such that the at least one electrical connector in the portable housing is configured to be coupled to the at least one of the two or more reusable parts while the pump is operating.

69. The system of claim 48, wherein the pump is configured to perform one or more of dispensing the therapeutic fluid to the user and sensing analyte levels of the user while the one or more batteries are charged by the recharging device.

70. The system of claim 52, wherein the recharging device is configured to operate in accordance with EN-IEC 60602 standard.

71. A method for recharging a portable pump delivering a therapeutic fluid to a user, the method comprising:

providing a pump delivering a therapeutic fluid to a user, the pump including a disposable part connectable to one of two or more reusable parts, each of the two or more reusable parts having one or more rechargeable batteries to store energy to power the pump;

providing a recharging device configured to recharge at least one of the two or more reusable parts;

coupling the at least one of the two or more reusable parts to the recharging device while another of the two or more reusable parts is connected to the disposable part forming together the pump delivering the therapeutic fluid to the user; and

directing electrical power from the recharging device to the at least one of the two or more reusable parts to recharge the one or more rechargeable batteries.

72. The method of claim 71, further comprising communicating data signals representing data relating to operation of the pump between the at least one of the two or more reusable parts and the recharging device.

73. The method of claim 71, further comprising receiving the data signals from one of the two or more reusable parts;

and transmitting the received data signals to another reusable part of the two or more reusable parts.

74. The method of claim 71, further comprising storing data signals representing data relating to operation of the pump on a storage device of the recharging device.

75. The method of claim 71, wherein directing the electrical power to the at least one of the two or more reusable parts comprises inductively transferring electrical power from a first transducer of the recharging device to a second transducer of the at least one of the two or more reusable parts.

76. The method of claim 75, wherein inductively transferring electrical power comprises:

inductively transferring a power signal;

modulating the power signal based on data relating to operation of the pump; and

determining, based on the inductively transferred modulated power signal, the data relating to the operation of the pump.

77. The method of claim 71, further comprising:

coupling at least one remote control to the recharging device;

directing electrical power to the at least one remote control; and

communicating data signals representing data relating to operation of the pump between the at least one remote control and the recharging device.

78. A therapeutic fluid delivery device comprising:

a disposable part having a reservoir containing the therapeutic fluid; and

a reusable part having at least a portion of the driving mechanism to cause delivery of the therapeutic fluid from the reservoir to a user'"'"'s body, one or more rechargeable batteries and at least one electrical connector;

wherein;

the device is operable upon connection of the disposable part and the reusable part;

the at least one electrical connector is coupleable to a recharging device when the reusable part is disconnected from the disposable part to direct electrical power received from the recharging device to recharge the one or more rechargeable batteries.

79. The device of claim 78, wherein the at least one electrical connector is configured to be accessed by the recharging device when the reusable part is disconnected from the disposable part enabling power direction from the recharging device to the at least one electrical connector.

80. The device of claim 78, wherein the reusable part comprises at least two or more reusable parts, the at least two or more reusable parts configured to be interchangeable with one another such that while at least one of the two or more reusable parts is connected to the recharging device another reusable part of the two or more reusable parts is connected to the disposable part and the device is operating.

81. The device of claim 78, wherein the device is waterproof.