Insulin pump having missed meal bolus alarm
AssigneeDeltec, Inc.
InventorMichael Blomquist
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Abstract
A pump for delivering insulin to a user. The pump comprises a pump mechanism and a meal-bolus program module. The meal-bolus program module is programmed to control the pump mechanism to deliver a meal bolus. An alarm program module is in data communication with the alarm, the timer, and the meal-bolus program module. The alarm module is programmed to generate an alarm signal when the meal-bolus program module does not control the pump mechanism to deliver a meal bolus within a predetermined period of time.
Claims10
A method of operating an insulin pump, the method comprising:
- entering into the pump an interval;
- and
- generating an alarm signal if a predetermined event is not delivered during the interval.
A method of operating an insulin pump, the insulin pump configured to selectively deliver a meal bolus, the method comprising:
- entering a time into the pump;
- and
- generating an alarm signal if a meal bolus is not delivered before the time lapses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.