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US 11,147,914 B2Granted
Infusion pump system and method
AssigneeBigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
InventorMark C. Estes
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Abstract
Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to wirelessly communicate with other devices using near field communication (NFC). In particular embodiments, by incorporating near field communication capabilities into the infusion pump system, user communications with the infusion pump system can be enhanced and simplified.
Claims20
An insulin delivery system, comprising:
- an insulin delivery device comprising a portable housing defining a space to receive insulin and a drive system to dispense insulin from the portable housing, the insulin delivery device comprising control circuitry and at least one wireless communication device connected to the control circuitry;
- a near field communication (NFC) device adapted to store or transmit information related to the treatment of diabetes;
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- a smartphone comprising a touchscreen user interface and an NFC circuit, the smartphone being adapted to wirelessly communicate with the insulin delivery device, the smartphone being configured to:
- responsive to the smartphone being tapped or bumped adjacent to or against the NFC device, wirelessly receiving data regarding treatment of diabetes from the NFC device;
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- responsive to receiving the data regarding treatment of diabetes from the NFC device, identifying a suggested bolus dosage of insulin, based, at least in part, on the information related to the treatment of diabetes and triggering a prompt on the touchscreen user interface for the user to confirm or deny the suggested bolus dosage of insulin.
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A medical infusion pump system, comprising:
- a portable pump comprising:
- a housing defining a space to receive a medicine;
- a pump drive system to dispense medicine from the housing when the medicine is received in the space;
- control circuitry that communicates control signals to the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the housing when the medicine is received in the space;
- a first near field communication (NFC) circuit electrically connected with the control circuitry to communicate infusion pump task data to the control circuitry, wherein the first NFC circuit is configured to wirelessly receive the infusion pump task data from a NFC communicator device when the first NFC circuit and NFC communicator device are positioned within a NFC proximity range;
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- a wireless communication device different from the first NFC circuit connected to the control circuitry;
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- a smartphone, the smartphone being configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless communication device connected to the control circuitry, and the smartphone comprising a second NFC circuit, wherein the smartphone is configured to:
- responsive to the smartphone being tapped or bumped adjacent to or against the NFC communicator device, wirelessly receiving infusion pump task data from the NFC communicator device;
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- responsive to receiving the infusion pump task data from the NFC communicator device, identifying a suggested bolus dosage of insulin, based, at least in part, on the information related to the treatment of diabetes and triggering a prompt a user to deliver insulin according to the suggested bolus dosage of insulin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.