Insulin pump programming software for selectively modifying configuration data

A system for programming an insulin pump, including:

• a computing device;
• a communication link between the computing device and the insulin pump;
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• software for execution by the computing device, the software being configured to facilitate retrieval of a source configuration file from a source location, the source configuration file including general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles, the software having a first mode wherein the source configuration file is written to a target configuration file having general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles, a second mode wherein the set of profiles of the source configuration file is written to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data of the source configuration file, and a third mode wherein one of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file is written to target configuration file without writing the general configuration data and the other of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file.

A method of programming an insulin pump that operates in accordance with general configuration data and basal rate profile data contained in a configuration file stored in a memory of the pump, the method including the steps of:

• executing software on a computing device to obtain new basal rate profile data from a source location;
• providing input to the computing device corresponding to a command to the software to replace at least a portion of the profile data with the new profile data without modifying the general configuration data contained in the configuration file;
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• reviewing on a display of the computing device differences between the profile data and the new profile data.

A computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computing device to perform method steps for managing configuration files including general configuration data and basal rate profile data, the method steps including:

• providing an operator a first option for retrieving basal rate profile data from a first source configuration file stored on an insulin pump without retrieving general configuration data from the first source configuration file;
• providing the operator a second option for retrieving basal rate profile data from a second source configuration file stored on a computing device without retrieving general configuration data from the first source configuration file;
• providing the operator a third option for saving retrieved basal rate profile data to a first target configuration file stored on an insulin pump without modifying the general configuration data in the first target configuration file;
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• providing the operator a fourth option for saving retrieved basal rate profile data to a second target configuration file stored on a computing device without modifying the general configuration data in the second target configuration file.

A system for programming an insulin pump, including:

• means for retrieving a source configuration file from a source location, the source configuration file including general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles;
• means for saving the source configuration file to a target configuration file having general configuration data and a set of individual basal rate profiles;
• means for saving the set of profiles of the source configuration file to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data of the source configuration file;
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• means for saving one of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file to the target configuration file without writing the general configuration data and the other of the profiles of the set of profiles of the source configuration file.