Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9259531-B2
Application number	US-201213667326-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2012
Priority date	Feb 9, 2006
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for controlling an external medical device, the system comprising:
an intermediate transceiver comprising:
short-range reception circuitry for, over a given range, receiving signals to a wearable medical device;
short-range transmission circuitry for, over the given range, transmitting signals to the wearable medical device;
longer-range transmission circuitry for, over a longer range exceeding the given range, transmitting the received signals to a user interface located remotely from the patient, longer-range reception circuitry for, over the longer range, receiving signals from the user interface; and
an alarm for notifying a user of the presence of a fault condition; and a user interface comprising:
interface reception circuitry for receiving signals from the intermediate transceiver; and
interface transmission circuitry for transmitting signals to the intermediate transceiver;

wherein the user interface is configured to receive an alarm signal from the intermediate transceiver and to relay the alarm signal.

2. A system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the interface reception circuitry includes circuitry for receiving signals directly from the wearable device, and wherein the interface transmission circuitry includes circuitry for transmitting signals directly to the wearable device.

3. A system in accordance with claim 1 , the system further comprising memory for logging received data.

4. A system in accordance with claim 1 , the system further comprising a processor for analyzing received data for the presence of a fault condition.

5. A system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the fault condition comprising an occurrence of an event wherein the intermediate transceiver is separated from the wearable medical device by more than the given range.

6. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuitry that is both the short-range reception circuitry and the longer-range reception circuitry.

7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the short range circuitry is adapted to receive signals from multiple medical devices.

8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the medical devices include one or more implanted devices.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external medical device is a wearable medical device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the longer-range reception circuitry is configured to, over the longer range, receive control signals from the user interface, the control signals containing control information for controlling the external medical device; and
wherein the short-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over the given range, transmit the control signals to the external medical device.

11. A system in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the interface reception circuitry includes circuitry for receiving signals directly from the pump, and wherein the interface transmission circuitry includes circuitry for transmitting signals directly to the pump.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the short-range reception circuit is configured to, over a given range, receive signals from the pump, the received signals containing data relating to a volume of fluid delivered by the pump and relating to the alarm condition; and
wherein the longer-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over a longer range exceeding the given range, transmit the received signals to an interface for monitoring the volume of fluid delivered and the alarm condition.

13. The system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the alarm condition further includes a flow occlusion or an air bubble detected in the pump.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the external medical device is a wearable medical device comprising a patch-sized pump worn on a subject for delivering fluid to the subject.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the longer-range reception circuitry is configured to, over the longer range, receive control signals from the user interface, the control signals containing control information for controlling the external medical device; and
wherein the short-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over the given range, transmit the control signals to the external medical device.

16. A system in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the interface reception circuitry includes circuitry for receiving signals directly from the pump, and wherein the interface transmission circuitry includes circuitry for transmitting signals directly to the pump.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the short-range reception circuit is configured to, over a given range, receive signals from the pump, the received signals containing data relating to a volume of fluid delivered by the pump and relating to the alarm condition; and
wherein the longer-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over a longer range exceeding the given range, transmit the received signals to an interface for monitoring the volume of fluid delivered and the alarm condition.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein the external medical device is a fluid delivery device.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the longer-range reception circuitry is configured to, over the longer range, receive control signals from the user interface, the control signals containing control information for controlling the external medical device; and
wherein the short-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over the given range, transmit the control signals to the external medical device.

20. A system in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the interface reception circuitry includes circuitry for receiving signals directly from the pump, and wherein the interface transmission circuitry includes circuitry for transmitting signals directly to the pump.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the short-range reception circuit is configured to, over a given range, receive signals from the pump, the received signals containing data relating to a volume of fluid delivered by the pump and relating to the alarm condition; and
wherein the longer-range transmission circuitry is configured to, over a longer range exceeding the given range, transmit the received signals to an interface for monitoring the volume of fluid delivered and the alarm condition.

22. A system for controlling an external medical device, the system comprising:
an intermediate transceiver comprising:
short-range reception circuitry for, over a given range, receiving signals to a wearable medical device;
short-range transmission circuitry for, over the given range, transmitting signals to the wearable medical device;
longer-range transmission circuitry for, over a longer range exceeding the given range, transmitting the received signals to a user interface located remotely from the patient, longer-range reception circuitry for, over the longer range, receiving signals from the user interface; and
an alarm for notifying a user of the presence of a fault condition; and
a user interface comprising:
interface reception circuitry for receiving signals from the intermediate transceiver; and
interface transmission circuitry for transmitting signals to the intermediate transceiver;
wherein the user interface is configured to receive an alarm signal from the intermediate transceiver and to relay the alarm signal, and
wherein the external medical device is a fluid delivery device.

23. A system in accordance with claim 22 , wherein the interface reception circuitry includes circuitry for receiving s

Assignees

• Deka Products Lp

Inventors

• Kamen Dean
• Gray Larry B
• Beavis Russell H

Classifications

• Y10T29/49236

  Fluid pump or compressor making · CPC title

• A61M2205/582

  by tactile feedback · CPC title

• A61M2205/0266

  Shape memory materials · CPC title

• A61M2205/3303

  Using a biosensor · CPC title

• Y10T29/49412

  with assembly, disassembly or composite article making · CPC title