Methods of wireless communication in an infusion pump system
Disclosed herein are methods for establishing communication protocols between wireless devices in infusion pump systems. Infusion pump systems can include a number of components capable of wireless communication with one or more other components including an infusion pump, a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, a smartphone or other remote consumer electronic device and/or a dedicated remote controller for the infusion pump. In order to ensure reliable communication of data, more than one component in a system can be capable of relaying data to another component.
1. A method of coordinating wireless communications in an infusion pump system including an infusion pump, a remote control device for remotely controlling the infusion pump, and a continuous glucose monitoring system, comprising:
establishing communications between the infusion pump and the continuous glucose monitoring system to enable the continuous glucose monitoring system to transmit CGM data to the infusion pump;
determining therapy parameters with the infusion pump utilizing the CGM data;
determining, by the remote control device, that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data communicated by the continuous glucose monitoring system;
receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system at the remote control device only when it has been determined by the remote control device that that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data; and
relaying the CGM data received from the continuous glucose monitoring system from the remote control device to the infusion pump to enable the infusion pump to continue to determine therapy parameters utilizing the CGM data while the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system;
wherein determining that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data includes the remote control device communicating with the infusion pump at regular intervals to determine if the infusion pump is receiving the CGM data.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data includes the infusion pump communicating to the remote control device that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data includes the continuous glucose monitoring system communicating to the remote control device that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising relaying with the remote control device communications from the infusion pump to the continuous glucose monitoring system while the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the infusion pump has resumed receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system and ceasing relaying the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system from the remote control device to the infusion pump.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote control device is a dedicated remote control designed for use with the infusion pump.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote control device is a multi-purpose consumer electronic device.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote control device is a smartphone.
9. A method of coordinating wireless communications in an infusion pump system including an infusion pump, a remote control device for remotely controlling the infusion pump, and a continuous glucose monitoring system, comprising:
monitoring, by the remote control device, a connection between the infusion pump and the continuous glucose monitoring system to determine whether the infusion pump is receiving CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system;
determining, by the remote control device, that the infusion pump is not receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system;
receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system only when it has been determined the remote control device that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data; and
relaying the CGM data received from the continuous glucose monitoring system to the infusion pump;
wherein determining that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data includes the remote control device communicating with the infusion pump at regular intervals to determine if the infusion pump is receiving the CGM data.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein monitoring a connection between the infusion pump and the continuous glucose monitoring system includes receiving a communication from the infusion pump indicating that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein monitoring a connection between the infusion pump and the continuous glucose monitoring system includes receiving a communication from the continuous glucose monitoring system indicating that that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising relaying communications from the infusion pump to the continuous glucose monitoring system.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining that the infusion pump has resumed receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system and ceasing relaying the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system to the infusion pump.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remote control device is a dedicated remote control designed for use with the infusion pump.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remote control device is a multi-purpose consumer electronic device.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the remote control device is a smartphone.
17. A control device configured to control an infusion pump system including an infusion pump, the control device comprising:
a processor configured to wireless communicate with the infusion pump system and a continuous glucose monitoring system, and execute a plurality of operations associated with controlling the infusion pump such that the processor is configured to:
monitor a connection between the infusion pump and the continuous glucose monitoring system to determine whether the infusion pump is receiving CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system;
determine that the infusion pump is not receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system;
receive the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system only when it has been determined that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data; and
relay the CGM data received from the continuous glucose monitoring system to the infusion pump;
wherein determining that the infusion pump is no longer receiving the CGM data includes the remote control device communicating with the infusion pump at regular intervals to determine if the infusion pump is receiving the CGM data.
18. The control device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the infusion pump has resumed receiving the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system and cease relaying the CGM data from the continuous glucose monitoring system to the infusion pump.