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US 12,415,031 B2Granted
Wearable pump assembly
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsDean Kamen, Larry B. Gray, Richard J. Lanigan, John Matthew Kerwin, Stephen Lewis Fichera
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Abstract
A wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reusable housing assembly, and a disposable housing assembly including a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid. A releasable engagement assembly is configured to allow the reusable housing assembly to releasably engage the disposable housing assembly. A detachable external infusion set is configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user.
Claims9
A wearable infusion pump assembly comprising:
- a reusable housing assembly;
- a disposable housing assembly including a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid;
- a releasable engagement assembly configured to allow the reusable housing assembly to releasably engage the disposable housing assembly;
- a bolus switch assembly configured to effectuate a bolus infusion event;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium coupled to the at least one processor, the computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an initiation signal from the bolus switch assembly indicative of a bolus infusion event;
- receiving a dose signal from the bolus switch assembly indicative of at least a portion of a bolus quantity of the infusible fluid;
- rendering an audible quantity signal in response to the dose signal;
- and
- receiving an approval signal from the bolus switch assembly indicative of a concurrence with the audible quantity signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.