Apparatus and method for remotely controlling an ambulatory medical device

• US 8,451,230 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG (Roche Holding AG), Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Celentano, Michael J., Meiertoberens, Ulf, Sabol, Peter, Strickland, Raymond, Brand, Andreas, Oberli, Markus, Frikart, Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US12/646,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20100160860A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,252 Days
• Field of Search: 345/169, 345/660, 345/684, 604/66, 604/67, 604/504, 600/365, 607/60
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• 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 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/01 Remote controllers for specific apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14244 adapted to be carried by the patient, e.g. portable on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

An electronic device may remotely control a medical device. The electronic device may include a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with the medical device, and a processor that receives from the medical device via the wireless communication circuit screen data generated by the medical device for display on a display device thereof and to control a display device of the electronic device according to the received screen data to display on the electronic device display the screen data generated by the medical device, to emulate at least some of a plurality of user keys of the medical device with selected ones of a plurality of user buttons of the electronic device, and to control the display device of the electronic device to display a map that relates emulated ones of the plurality of user keys to selected ones of the user buttons.

Claims

1. An electronic device for remotely controlling a medical device having a first display device and a plurality of user keys, the electronic device comprising:

a plurality of user buttons,

a second display device at least as large as the first display device,

a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with the medical device, and

a processor including a memory having instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to receive from the medical device via the wireless communication circuit screen data generated by the medical device for display on the first display device and to control the second display device according to the received screen data to display on the second display device all the screen data generated by the medical device, to emulate the plurality of user keys with selected ones of the plurality of user buttons, to control the second display device to display a map that relates emulated ones of the plurality of user keys to selected ones of the plurality of user buttons and to remotely control operation of the medical device via the wireless communication circuit based on user selection the plurality of buttons.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the instructions stored in the memory further include instructions that are executable by the processor to control the second display device to display navigation on the second display device by the selected ones of the plurality of user buttons and to display user selection of items on the second display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the instructions stored in the memory further include instructions that are executable by the processor to send user selection of a single one of the plurality of user buttons to the medical device via the wireless communication circuit, to receive updated screen data from the medical device via the wireless communication circuit if implementation of the sent user selection causes the medical device to modify the screen data generated by the medical device, and to control the second display device according to the updated screen data.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the instructions stored in the memory further include instructions that are executable by the processor to receive updated screen data from the medical device via the wireless communication circuit if the operation of the medical device, apart from processing user selection of one of the plurality of user buttons, causes the medical device to modify the screen data generated by the medical device, and to control the second display device according to the updated screen data.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the medical device includes a liquid infusion pump.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the electronic device exits remote control operation of the medical device upon detection of a user press of at least one of the plurality of user keys if the plurality of user keys are unlocked.