IP Library Granted Patent US 11,596,731
Granted Patent B2
US 11,596,731 · App. 16/664,177 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Method and device utilizing medicament delivery protocols

Inventor: Sean Saint (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
A61M5/14244A61M5/152A61M2005/14208A61M2005/14268G16H20/17G16H40/67
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Patent No.
US 11,596,731
App. No.
16/664,177
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for infusing liquid medicaments such as insulin includes an infusion pump. The device can modify a medicament delivery protocol stored in memory to delivery an alternative medicament delivery protocol with the pump.

Claims (39)

1. An ambulatory infusion pump, comprising:

a reservoir configured to contain a medicament for treatment of diabetes;

a pumping mechanism configured to deliver the medicament in the reservoir to a user;

a memory configured to store one or more medicament delivery protocols for delivery of the medicament to the user;

a user interface; and

a processor configured to receive user input via the user interface and to control the pumping mechanism to deliver the medicament to the user, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive an indication of a type of medicament contained in the reservoir;

modify a medicament delivery protocol of the one or more medicament delivery protocols to an alternate medicament delivery protocol of the one or more medicament delivery protocols based on the type of medicament contained in the reservoir; and

cause the pumping mechanism to deliver the type of medicament contained in the reservoir to the user according to the alternate medicament delivery protocol.

2. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the alternate medicament delivery protocol includes delivery of a modified volume of the type of medicament contained in the reservoir relative to a volume defined in the medicament delivery protocol.

3. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 2 , wherein the modified volume is determined based on differences between how the type of medicament contained in the reservoir and another type of medicament affect blood glucose.

4. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 2 , wherein one or more ratios are stored in the memory and the modified volume is determined based on at least one of the one or more ratios.

5. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the processor modifies the medicament delivery protocol when the type of medicament contained in the reservoir will cause an undesirable drop in blood glucose if delivered according to the medicament delivery protocol.

6. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery protocol relates to delivery of a bolus of medicament.

7. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the medicament delivery protocol relates to basal medicament delivery.

8. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to automatically modify the medicament delivery protocol to the alternate medicament delivery protocol.

9. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

present on the user interface a query as to whether to apply the alternate medicament delivery protocol based on the type of medicament contained in the reservoir; and

cause the pumping mechanism to deliver the type of medicament contained in the reservoir to the user according to the alternate medicament delivery protocol only after receiving a confirmation from the user in response to the query.

10. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the type of medicament contained in the reservoir is received via the user interface.

11. An ambulatory infusion pump system, comprising:

an ambulatory infusion pump including a reservoir configured to contain a medicament and a pumping mechanism configured to deliver the medicament in the reservoir to a user;

a memory configured to store one or more medicament delivery protocols for delivery of the medicament to the user;

a user interface; and

a processor configured to:

receive an indication of a type of medicament contained in the reservoir;

modify a medicament delivery protocol of the one or more medicament delivery protocols to an alternate medicament delivery protocol of the one ore more medicament delivery protocols based on the type of medicament contained in the reservoir; and

cause the pumping mechanism to deliver the type of medicament contained in the reservoir to the user according to the alternate medicament delivery protocol.

12. The ambulatory infusion pump system of claim 11 , wherein the memory and/or the processor are incorporated into the ambulatory infusion pump and the user interface is disposed on the ambulatory infusion pump.

13. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the user interface is disposed on a separate device from the ambulatory infusion pump.

14. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 13 , wherein the separate device is a remote control device.

15. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 13 , wherein the memory and/or the processor are incorporated into the separate device.

16. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the alternate medicament delivery protocol includes delivery of a modified volume of the type of medicament contained in the reservoir relative to a volume defined in the medicament delivery protocol.

17. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 16 , wherein the modified volume is determined based on differences between how the type of medicament contained in the reservoir and another type of medicament affect blood glucose.

18. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 16 , wherein one or more ratios are stored in the memory and the modified volume is determined based on at least one of the one or more ratios.

19. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the medicament delivery protocol is modified to the alternative medicament delivery protocol when the type of medicament contained in the reservoir will cause an undesirable drop in blood glucose if delivered according to the medicament delivery protocol.

20. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the medicament delivery protocol relates to delivery of a bolus of medicament.

21. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the medicament delivery protocol relates to basal medicament delivery.

22. The ambulatory infusion pump of claim 11 , wherein the indication of the type of medicament contained in the reservoir is received via the user interface.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: TANDEM DIABETES CARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 066880/0918 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2022
From: TANDEM DIABETES CARE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 060179/0100 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: SAINT, SEAN
To: TANDEM DIABETES CARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 050829/0938 →