Intelligent drug delivery system
OwnerArnold Chaseinventor
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Abstract
A controller and associated multi-axis sensor system for augmenting the automatic intelligent delivery of one or more drugs is provided. The controller and associated multi-axial sensor system are based on the detection and determination of particular physical lifestyle events. As a specific example, a pump augmentation system includes a six-axis accelerometer sensor, a gyroscopic pitch sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to receive motion data from the six-axis accelerometer sensor and orientation data from the gyroscopic pitch sensor. The controller provides a pump instruction signal for changing a delivery rate of a drug to a user based on the motion data and the orientation data. The system and methods are particularly suited for treating a user with Parkinson's disease.
Claims21
An intelligent drug delivery system comprising:
- a device body;
- an accelerometer sensor arranged in or on the device body and configured to output multi-axis motion data based on detected multi-axis motion and acceleration;
- a gyroscopic pitch sensor arranged in or on the device body and configured to output orientation data based on detected orientation;
- a controller in communication with the accelerometer sensor and the gyroscopic pitch sensor;
- wherein, based on the multi-axis motion data and/or the orientation data, the controller is configured to determine positional movements of the device body, speed of movement of the device body, linger times of the device body, and/or multi-axial cadence of movement of the device body;
- wherein the controller is configured to generate a pump instruction signal based on the determined multi-axial movement of the device body, multi-axial speed and acceleration of the device body, linger times of the device body, and/or multi-axial cadence of movement of the device body, the pump instruction signal including an instruction to change or suspend a delivery rate of a pharmacological material.
An intelligent drug delivery system comprising:
- a first multi-axial device body and a second multi-axial device body;
- a first multi-axial accelerometer sensor arranged in or on the first device body and configured to output first multi-axial motion data based on detected multi-axial motion, and a second multi-axial accelerometer sensor arranged in or on the second device body and configured to output second multi-axial motion data based on detected multi-axial motion;
- a first multi-axial gyroscopic pitch sensor arranged in or on the first device body and configured to output first multi-axial orientation data based on detected multi-axial orientation, and a second multi-axial gyroscopic pitch sensor arranged in or on the second device body and configured to output second multi-axial orientation data based on detected multi-axial orientation;
- a controller in communication with the first multi-axial accelerometer sensor, the second multi-axial accelerometer sensor, the first multi-axial gyroscopic pitch sensor, and the second multi-axial gyroscopic pitch sensor;
- wherein the controller is configured to determine multi-axial positional locations of the first and second multi-axial device bodies, speed of the first and second multi-axial device bodies, linger times of the first and second device bodies, and/or cadence of multi-axial movement of the first and second device bodies;
- wherein the controller is configured to generate a pump instruction signal based on the first multi-axial motion data, first multi-axial orientation data, second multi-axial motion data and/or the second multi-axial orientation data, the pump instruction signal including an instruction to change or suspend a delivery rate of a pharmacological material.
A method of intelligently delivering a drug to a Parkinson's disease patient comprising:
- monitoring, by a controller, multi-axial motion data and/or multi-axial orientation data generated by one or more multi-axis sensors arranged within or on a device body worn by a user with Parkinson's disease;
- determining, by the controller, multi-axial positional locations of a device body, multi-axial speed and acceleration of the device body, linger times of the device body, and/or multi-axial cadence of movement of the device body based on the multi-axial motion data and/or the orientation data;
- generating, by the controller, a pump instruction signal based on the multi-axial motion data and/or orientation data, the pump instruction signal including an instruction to change or suspend a pharmacological material delivery rate of an infusion pump;
- wherein the pharmacological material is configured to treat one or more symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.