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US 8,801,657 B2Granted
Pump with therapy coaching
AssigneeTandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorsMichael Blomquist, Kevin Kopp, Thomas Alan Savard
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a pump, an input configured to receive information related to a user, a user interface, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pump, the input, and the user interface. The controller includes a timing module configured to initiate delivery of a drug in time and to adjust delivery according to the received information. Other devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a pump configured to deliver a drug from a cartridge;
- a user interface;
- a memory to store guideline parameters related to use of the apparatus;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the pump, the memory, and the user interface, wherein the controller includes:
- a comparison module configured to compare patient use parameters to the stored guideline parameters;
- and
- a scoring module configured to calculate a score indicative of efficacy of patient pump use based on a comparison by the comparison module, and
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate advice to the user on how to increase the efficacy of patient pump use.
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The apparatus of claim including:
- an input communicatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive user information, including a level of user information, and
- wherein the comparison module is configured to monitor the level of the user information.
A method comprising:
- monitoring patient use of a device that includes a pump with an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the pump, wherein the monitoring includes comparing patient use parameters to stored guideline parameters;
- calculating a score indicative of efficacy of patient pump use with the controller based on the monitoring of the controller;
- and
- communicating advice to the user on how to increase pump efficacy with the controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.