36 results about "Ambulatory infusion pumps" patented technology

An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to the piston. A method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting an occlusion in a medication infusion pump is provided. The electrical current to an infusion pump is measured. Based on measurements of one or more variables, the infusion pump detects whether there is an occlusion in the system. The methods of detecting occlusions may be dynamic.

An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to the piston. A method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting a force sensor failure in a medication infusion pump is provided. The electrical current to an infusion pump is measured. Based on the current measurements, the infusion pump detects when the plunger slide is seated in the reservoir, and detects a problem with the force sensor when the force sensor independently fails to register a value indicating that the plunger slide is seated in the reservoir.

An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to the piston. A method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting an occlusion in a medication infusion pump is provided. The electrical current to an infusion pump is measured. Based on a series of measurements of one or more variables, the infusion pump detects whether there is an occlusion in the system.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

An ambulatory infusion pump can include a maximum bolus override procedure. When a bolus amount greater than a maximum bolus amount is requested, the pump can provide an alert indicating that the amount requested exceeds the maximum bolus amount. If the user confirms the request in response to the alert, the bolus amount can be delivered to the user. The amount delivered in response to the confirmation can be a first portion of the bolus amount. A reminder can then be provided that a second portion of the bolus amount that is a remaining portion of the requested bolus amount was also requested. If a second confirmation is received in response to the alert, the second portion of the bolus amount can also delivered to the user.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.

A dosing unit (12) for an ambulatory infusion pump device (10) comprises a cylinder pump with a cylinder (14) and a piston (16) arranged in said cylinder. The piston has a shaft (18) with a first threaded segment (50) interacting with a threaded portion (54) of the cylinder, and can be displaced along a longitudinal axis (48) of the cylinder by rotating the piston in regard to the cylinder around said axis. Furthermore the piston comprises means that allow the relative or absolute determination of the longitudinal and/or rotational displacement of the piston in regard to the cylinder. In a preferred embodiment the piston shaft (18) comprises a second segment (51) provided with optically detectable markings (64, 65) that allow the monitoring of the longitudinal and/or rotational displacement of the piston in regard to the cylinder.

A disposable ambulatory infuser apparatus provides an elastomeric balloon within a telescopic housing. One end of the balloon may be attached to an upper housing portion and the other end of the balloon may be attached to a bottom housing portion. As the balloon is charged with a drug, it may expand primarily radially first and then axially. The balloon may be configured to have the majority of displacement occur in the axial direction, which enables the two housing portions to expand away from each other and shrink toward one another in the axial direction as the balloon is filled with the drug and the drug is subsequently infused in a patient. The balloon may expand axially naturally within the housing to eliminate possible pressure change due to constraints by the housing or clamps, which enables more constant flow rate of the drug being dispensed.

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.

Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for improved use of infusion sites for infusion pumps. Apparatuses and methods for delivery of medicaments such as insulin disclosed herein can increase the effectiveness of therapy by more accurately determining when an infusion site is no longer absorbing insulin at an acceptable rate as well as determining the effectiveness of different infusion sites on the body with respect to each other and over time.