Ambulatory Pump Cloud Updates Without Therapy Interruption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current glucose control systems and ambulatory medical devices face challenges in maintaining uninterrupted therapy delivery, managing supply levels, and providing user-friendly control features, such as software updates, gesture-based control, and remote modification of glucose control therapy.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of glucose level control systems that include interconnected remote computing systems, mobile devices, and medicament delivery devices, enabling software updates without interrupting therapy, gesture-based control, automatic resumption of therapy, improved alarm management, wide area network connectivity, security features, and remote modification of glucose control therapy via voice commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If software updates are implemented in ambulatory medicament pumps, then system functionality and security are improved, but therapy delivery may be interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by downloading and storing update files in memory before therapy sessions begin, and by implementing updates during predetermined times when the pump is not in use. This allows the pump to receive and prepare updates without interrupting active therapy delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The update mechanism is made dynamic by allowing flexible scheduling of updates during predetermined time windows, and by enabling the system to adapt update timing based on therapy requirements. The pump can dynamically adjust when to apply updates without compromising patient care.
2Adaptability or versatility
If remote computing systems and cloud connectivity are integrated, then remote monitoring and therapy modification capabilities are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based computing system as an intermediary that handles complex data processing, storage, and therapy optimization tasks. This externalizes computational complexity from the ambulatory pump itself, allowing the pump to maintain simplicity while still providing advanced remote monitoring and modification capabilities through the cloud infrastructure.
3Extent of automation
If supply monitoring and automatic reordering systems are implemented, then supply management is automated, but device functionality and communication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically monitoring supply levels in the pump and autonomously placing reorder requests when supplies reach predetermined thresholds. The pump independently manages its own supply chain needs without requiring manual intervention from the patient or healthcare provider, thereby automating supply management while integrating communication functions into the existing device.
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AI summary
Ambulatory medical devices, which includes ambulatory medicament pumps, and blood glucose control systems that provide therapy to a subject, such as blood glucose control, are disclosed. Disclosed systems and devices can implement one or more features that improve the user experience, such as prompting and/or facilitating the user to order additional infusion sets, sensors, and/or other components to facilitate treatment.