Methods for reduction of battery usage in ambulatory infusion pumps
A battery-powered infusion pump for delivery of insulin or other medicament may collect and store data related to the pump. The infusion pump can communicate some or all of the stored data to another device, and control the timing and amount of data communicated in order to conserve battery life.
1. A method of coordinating communications in an ambulatory infusion pump system to preserve battery life, comprising: establishing a wireless communications link between an ambulatory infusion pump and a consumer electronic device; causing therapy to be provided to a patient with the ambulatory infusion pump; limiting communications between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device while therapy is provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump to preserve a battery life of at least one of the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device; activating the wireless communications link between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device upon occurrence of a predetermined event; and transmitting information related to the predetermined event upon activating the wireless communications link due to the occurrence of the predetermined event.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting information related to the predetermined event upon activating the wireless communications link due to the occurrence of the predetermined event includes transmitting the information from the ambulatory infusion pump to the consumer electronic device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting information related to the predetermined event upon activating the wireless communications link due to the occurrence of the predetermined event includes transmitting the information from the consumer electronic device to the ambulatory infusion pump.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing on the ambulatory infusion pump data related to the therapy provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump and transmitting the stored data to the consumer electronic device upon activating the wireless communications link due to the occurrence of the predetermined event.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein activating the wireless communications link between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device includes the ambulatory infusion pump providing an indication to the consumer electronic device of a need for the consumer electronic device to initiate communication with the ambulatory infusion pump.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein activating the wireless communications link between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device includes the consumer electronic device sending a communication indicating a need for a data transfer to the ambulatory infusion pump.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined event is occurrence of a predetermined infusion pump therapy event.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined event is delivery of a bolus with the ambulatory infusion pump.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined event is an occurrence of an alarm on the ambulatory infusion pump.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined event is an event requiring a data transfer between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined event is launching on the consumer electronic device an application configured to enable the consumer electronic device to interact with an ambulatory infusion pump.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the consumer electronic device is a smartphone.
13. A method of coordinating communications in an ambulatory infusion pump system to preserve battery life, comprising: providing a consumer electronic device with an application configured to enable the consumer electronic device to interact with an ambulatory infusion pump; establishing a wireless communications link between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device; causing therapy to be provided to a patient with the ambulatory infusion pump; limiting communications between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device while therapy is provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump to preserve a battery life of at least one of the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device; and automatically initiating an upload of data relating to the therapy provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump to the consumer electronic device when the application is launched on the consumer electronic device.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the consumer electronic device is a smartphone.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising establishing a communications link between the consumer electronic device and a remote data storage and uploading the data relating to the therapy provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump from the consumer electronic device to the remote data storage.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is not uploaded from the consumer electronic device to the remote data storage until the consumer electronic device is connected to a wi-fi network.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is uploaded from the consumer electronic device to the remote data storage when the consumer electronic device is connected to a power source to recharge a battery of the consumer electronic device.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is uploaded from the consumer electronic device to the remote data storage upon occurrence of a predetermined event relating to therapy with the ambulatory infusion pump.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is uploaded from the consumer electronic device to the remote data storage based on a geographic location of the consumer electronic device.