MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A SLIDER ASSEMBLY

• US 20120302849A1
• Filed: 02/27/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Deka Products Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Grant, Kevin L., Young, Douglas J., Harris, Matthew C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,134,823 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/505 Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/52 with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/58 Means for facilitating use, e.g. by people with impaired vision
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/201 Glucose concentration
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03548 Sliders, in which the moving part moves in a plane
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output signal and a second output signal. A display assembly is configured to receive, at least in part, the first output signal from the processing logic and render information viewable by the user. The second output signal is provided to one or more medical system components. The information rendered on the display assembly may be manipulatable by the user and at least a portion of the information rendered may be magnified.

Claims

1. A medical system comprising:

an insulin pump;

a medical device for communicating with the insulin pump, the medical device comprising;

telemetry circuitry for communication with the insulin pump;

a display assembly for rendering information; and

at least one slider input assembly for providing an input signal in response to an input and for manipulating the information rendered on the display assembly.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the slider assembly is a capacitive slider assembly.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the input assembly comprising decision logic configured to provide compensation to the input signal for at least one environmental factor.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the slider assembly is configured to allow multi-axial movement.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical device further comprising:

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

selecting information on the display assembly;

highlighting the selected information on the display assembly

magnifying the highlighted selected information with respect to the nonhighlighted information on the display assembly.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical device further comprising a glucose meter.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the medical device further comprising a continuous glucose monitor.

8. A medical system comprising:

a first medical device comprising;

a reservoir for holding a fluid;

a pump assembly for pumping fluid out of the reservoir for delivery;

a feedback system for indicating the dosage of fluid delivered;

a display assembly for rendering information; and

an input assembly comprising at least one slider assembly, for manipulating the information rendered on the display assembly and for providing an input signal in response to an input.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the slider assembly is a capacitive slider assembly.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the input assembly comprising decision logic configured to provide compensation to the input signal for at least one environmental factor.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the slider assembly is configured to allow multi-axial movement.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the first medical device further comprising:

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

selecting information on the display assembly;

highlighting the selected information on the display assembly

magnifying the highlighted selected information with respect to the nonhighlighted information on the display assembly.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the system further comprising a second medical device for communicating with the first medical device, the second medical device comprising:

telemetry circuitry for communication with the first medical device;

a display assembly for rendering information; and

an input assembly comprising at least one slider assembly for manipulating the information rendered on the display assembly and for providing an input signal in response to an input.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the second medical device further comprising:

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

selecting information on the display assembly;

highlighting the selected information on the display assembly

magnifying the highlighted selected information with respect to the nonhighlighted information on the display assembly.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the medical device further comprising a glucose meter.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the medical device further comprising a continuous glucose monitor.

17. An insulin pump device comprising:

an insulin reservoir;

an insulin pump assembly for pumping insulin out of the reservoir for delivery;

processing logic;

a display assembly for rendering information; and

at least one input assembly for providing signal to the processing logic, the input assembly comprising at least one slider assembly for manipulating the information rendered on the display.

18. The device of claim 17 wherein the slider assembly is a capacitive slider assembly.

19. The device of claim 18 wherein the input assembly comprising decision logic configured to provide compensation to the input signal for at least one environmental factor.

20. The device of claim 17 wherein the slider assembly is configured to allow multi-axial movement.

21. The device of claim 17 wherein the device further comprising:

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

selecting information on the display assembly;

highlighting the selected information on the display assembly

magnifying the highlighted selected information with respect to the nonhighlighted information on the display assembly.