US 7,647,237 B2Granted

Communication station and software for interfacing with an infusion pump, analyte monitor, analyte meter, or the like

AssigneeMiniMed Inc.

InventorsLuis J. Malave, Mark C. Estes, Jay Yonemoto, J. Jeffrey Barlow, Todd M. Gross, John Shin, Paul S. Cheney, II, Mike Dobbles, Clifford W. Hague, Deborah Ruppert, Kevin C. Wells

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Abstract

A communication station is for use with a medical device (such as an infusion pump) and a processing device (such as a computer). The communication station includes a housing, a medical device interface coupled to the housing, a processing device interface coupled to the housing and a processor coupled to the housing. The device interface interfaces with the medical device, and the processing device interface interfaces with the processing device. The processor provides a communication path between the medical device and the processing device such that programming and instructions may be communicated from the processing device to the medical device and data may be transferred from the medical device to the processing device. The communication station may be combined with a system that is capable of generating reports either locally or remotely. In addition, the medical device interface may be a cradle that is configurable to attach to different shaped medical devices.

Claims34

Dependent claims

A method of monitoring at least a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin infusion pump used to treat a medical condition for a patient, the method comprising:

generating a patient data file;
downloading data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump used with the patient, wherein the data includes a plurality of blood glucose levels obtained over a time period;
recording the downloaded data in the patient data file;
integrating the data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump to present contemporaneous information showing the relationship between at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump;
presenting the integrated data in a user chosen report format;
and
displaying a first plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a first defined time period and second plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a second defined time period on the same scale of a single one of the first and second defined time periods within the user chosen report format, with the first plurality of blood glucose levels from the first defined time period shown in an overlaid fashion relative to the second plurality of blood glucose levels from the second defined time period, and with the first and second plurality of blood glucose levels shown as extending over the single one of the defined time periods, the first and second time periods are fully separated in time.

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A system of monitoring at least a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin infusion pump used to determine blood glucose levels for a patient, the system comprising:

means for creating a patient data file;
means for downloading data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump used with the patient, wherein the data includes a plurality of blood glucose levels obtained over a time period;
means for recording the downloaded data in the patient data file;
means for integrating the data from at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump to present contemporaneous information showing the relationship between at least the continuous glucose monitor and the insulin infusion pump;
means for presenting the downloaded data in a user chosen report format;
and
means for displaying a first plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a first defined time period and second plurality of the blood glucose levels from data obtained over a second defined time period on the same scale of a single one of the first and second defined time periods within the user chosen report format, with the first plurality of blood glucose levels from the first defined time period shown in an overlaid fashion relative to the second plurality of blood glucose levels from the second defined time period, and with the first and second plurality of blood glucose levels shown as extending over the single one of the defined time periods, the first and second time periods are fully separated in time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/180,732Filed 26 Jun 2002 · division
Priority: 29 Apr 1998
Published: US 2002/0193679 A119 Dec 2002
Granted: 12 Jan 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A61M 5/172
Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters: electrical or electronic
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
G16H 15/00
Ict specially adapted for medical reports
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation

Family

Application29/087,251Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Apr 1998
Application60/102,469Us provisional application · filed 30 Sep 1998
Application60/121,565Us provisional application · filed 25 Feb 1999
Application60/134,981Us provisional application · filed 20 May 1999
Application09/409,014Parent of this division · filed 29 Sep 1999
US 2002/0193679 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Dec 2002
US D434,142 SParent of this continuation-in-part
Application09/409,014Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 7,647,237 B2This patent

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