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 system including a medical infusion pump, the method comprising:
obtaining a digital image depicting at least one food item;
analyzing the digital image for a nutritional content value of the at least one food item with a processor;
calculating, with the processor, a medicament bolus to be delivered by the medical infusion pump based on the nutritional content value of the at least one food item;
transmitting information relating to the calculated bolus to a caregiver device;
remotely receiving authorization of the calculated bolus from the caregiver device; and
delivering the calculated bolus to the patient with the medical infusion pump after receiving remote authorization from the caregiver device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of analyzing the digital image for a nutritional content value of the at least one food item includes the processor accessing a nutritional lookup database.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of accessing a nutritional lookup database with the processor further includes:
comparing the digital image to the nutritional lookup database; and
estimating the nutritional content value contained in the at least one food item in the digital image based off comparing the digital image to the nutritional lookup database.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of analyzing the digital image for a nutritional content value is automatically performed by the processor when the digital image is received.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital image is analyzed by the processor using an image recognition module.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital image includes a time stamp indicating when the digital image was obtained.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the digital image depicting at least one food item.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of storing the digital image depicting at least one food item includes storing the digital image in a nutritional lookup database for later comparison with subsequent digital images depicting at least one food item.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of storing the digital image depicting at least one food item includes storing the digital image in a nutritional lookup database along with the nutritional content value.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nutritional content value is a number of carbohydrates.
11. A method of providing medicament therapy to a patient with a medical infusion pump system, the method comprising:
obtaining a digital image depicting at least one food item;
analyzing the digital image for a nutritional content value of the at least one food item with a processor;
accessing a nutritional lookup database with the processor; and
updating the nutritional lookup database with the digital image to store the digital image for later comparison with subsequent digital images depicting at least one food item.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of accessing a nutritional lookup database with the processor further includes:
comparing the digital image to the nutritional lookup database; and
estimating the nutritional content value contained in the at least one food item in the digital image based off comparing the digital image to the nutritional lookup database.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of analyzing the digital image for a nutritional content value is automatically performed by the processor when the digital image is received.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the digital image is analyzed by the processor using an image recognition module.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the digital image includes a time stamp indicating when the digital image was obtained.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of updating the nutritional lookup database includes storing the digital image with the nutritional content value.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the nutritional content value is a number of carbohydrates.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
calculating, with the processor, a bolus to be delivered by a medical infusion pump based on the nutritional content value of the at least one food item; and
delivering the calculated bolus to the patient with the medical infusion pump.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising storing a record of the delivered bolus with the digital image.
20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
remotely receiving authorization of the calculated bolus from the caregiver device; and
delivering the calculated bolus to the patient with the medical infusion pump after receiving remote authorization from the caregiver device.