Back to results
US 2019/0160224 A1Published application
Infusion Pump System and Method
AssigneeBigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
InventorsWenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.
Claims20
A method of controlling a portable infusion pump system, comprising:
- sensing that a drive system of a portable infusion pump system is damaged via a drive system detector including an electrically conductive element that is coupled to a component of the drive system in the portable infusion pump system;
- and
- in response to the sensing that the drive system detector indicates said drive system is damaged, disabling the drive system housed in the portable infusion pump system.
A portable infusion pump system, comprising:
- a pump drive system configured to dispense medicine from a portable housing of the portable infusion pump system;
- a drive system detector including an electrically conductive element that is coupled to a component of the pump drive system in the portable infusion pump system
- control circuitry that is configured to electrically communicate with the pump drive system to control dispensation of the medicine from the portable housing;
- and
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to perform operations of:
- receiving, from the drive system detector, an indication that the pump drive system of the portable infusion pump system is damaged;
- in response receiving the indicating that the pump drive system is damaged, disabling the pump drive system housed in the portable housing of the portable infusion pump system.
4 more elements
A method of controlling a portable infusion pump system, comprising:
- sensing that a portable infusion pump system having a pump drive system for dispensing medicine to a patient positioned within a portable housing has experienced an impact;
- in response to the sensing that the infusion pump system has experienced an impact, initiating patient safety countermeasures prior to the patient using the portable infusion pump system to dispense medicine after the impact has been sensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.