Wearable insulin dispensing device, and a combination of such a device and a programming controller

A medicine dispensing system, comprising:

• a wearable pump housing assembly including a lower portion for releasably coupling with a skin surface, the wearable pump housing assembly containing a generally cylindrical insulin reservoir in an interior space such that the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir extends in a longitudinal direction along a length of the wearable pump housing assembly;
• a piston rod movably arranged in the housing assembly to dispense insulin from the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir;
• a drive system to advance the piston rod toward the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir;
• a bolus push button arranged on the wearable pump housing assembly so as to activate a bolus dispensing operation in which a bolus dosage of insulin is dispensed from the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir;
• a control circuit in the pump housing assembly to communicate drive signals to the drive system to cause the dispensation of the insulin, the control circuit including:
• a programmable unit that stores a programmed dosage schedule, and a wireless communication receiver;
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• a wireless controller to communicate signals to the control circuit in the pump housing assembly indicative of the programmed dosage schedule, wherein the wireless controller includes a user interface display screen and is configured to receive user input of glucose level measurements.