Integration of infusion pump with remote electronic device
A system and method can provide for a remote electronic device to be used to remotely initiate delivery of a medicament bolus with a medical device, such as an insulin pump, with the medical device providing audible or tactile confirmation of the programmed bolus. The bolus amount can be calculated by or programmed or otherwise entered into the smartphone, etc., and then transmitted to the medical device. When the pump receives the transmitted bolus amount, it issues one or more indications such as audible sounds and/or vibrations in any number of desired combinations. For instance, each individual sound or vibration may correspond to an increment of the medicament. The user can therefore determine the size of the medicament bolus by the number of sounds or vibrations and can confirm or cancel delivery of the bolus.
1. A method of providing medicament therapy to a patient with a medical infusion pump, comprising:
determining an operation to be performed by the medical infusion pump;
transmitting information pertaining to the determined operation to a caregiver device;
displaying an authorization request on the caregiver device to execute the determined operation with the medical infusion pump;
receiving authorization at the caregiver device in response to the authorization request;
transmitting an authorization command to execute the determined operation from the caregiver device to the medical infusion pump; and
causing the medical infusion pump to execute the determined operation after receiving the authorization command.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting information pertaining to the determined operation includes transmitting a number of units of insulin requested for a bolus delivery.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information pertaining to the determined operation includes a glucose level of the patient.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information pertaining to the determined operation includes nutritional information of a meal to be consumed by the patient.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information pertaining to the determined operation includes an insulin on board of a patient.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining an operation to be performed includes receiving input programming the operation from the patient through a user interface communicatively coupled to the medical infusion pump.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining an operation to be performed includes automatically determining the operation using a processor configured to control operations of the medical infusion pump.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the operation is automatically determined by the processor based on a glucose level of the patient.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting information pertaining to the determined operation includes transmitting the information to the caregiver device by the medical infusion pump.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting information pertaining to the determined operation includes transmitting the information to the caregiver device by a remote consumer electronic device of the patient.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting an alert to the patient indicating that the determined operation has been authorized by the caregiver.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of presenting an alert to the patient includes presenting the alert on a user interface of the medical infusion pump.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of presenting an alert to the patient includes presenting the alert on a remote consumer electronic device of the patient.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of causing the medical infusion pump to execute the determined operation after receiving the authorization command includes executing the determined operation after receiving a confirmation from the patient in response to the alert.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of causing the medical infusion pump to execute the operation after receiving the authorization includes automatically executing the operation after receiving the authorization command.
16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing a local override feature at the medical infusion pump, wherein the local override feature enables authorization of the determined operation at the medical infusion pump if the medical infusion pump is unable to establish communication with the caregiver device.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the caregiver device is selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, an electronic tablet, a desktop computer, or a laptop computer.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the remote consumer electronic device of the patient is selected from a group consisting of a smartphone, an electronic tablet, a desktop computer, or a laptop computer.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information pertaining to the operation to be performed by the medical infusion pump includes a digital image of a meal.