Insulin Pump Startup Configuration Using Cloud-Based Patient Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of configuring medical devices, such as insulin pumps, is time-consuming and burdensome, requiring patient-specific expertise and manual configuration by healthcare providers, which can lead to errors and increased workload.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based system automatically generates and delivers configuration parameters to medical devices, allowing for simplified and automated setup without manual intervention, using a non-medical device to initiate insulin delivery based on patient-specific data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration by healthcare providers is used, then patient-specific expertise and control are improved, but physician workload and configuration time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic device configuration where the insulin pump self-configures using patient data from the healthcare provider system, eliminating the need for manual configuration by physicians while maintaining patient-specific customization
Solution Approach 2:
Patient-specific configuration parameters are pre-calculated and stored in the healthcare provider system before the patient visits, allowing the pump to be quickly configured during the visit without requiring the physician to perform time-consuming calculations and manual entry
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration process is used, then patient-specific therapy settings are achieved, but configuration time and setup duration increase
Solution Approach 1:
The insulin pump automatically retrieves and applies patient-specific configuration parameters from the healthcare provider system without requiring manual input during the setup process, dramatically reducing configuration time while maintaining personalized therapy settings
Solution Approach 2:
All patient-specific configuration parameters are pre-calculated and prepared in the healthcare provider system before the patient arrives, enabling rapid device setup without sacrificing personalized therapy customization
3Productivity
If automated configuration is implemented, then setup time and physician workload are reduced, but device complexity and system requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
A communication interface and data exchange system serve as an intermediary between the healthcare provider system and the insulin pump, enabling automatic configuration through standardized data transmission without requiring complex direct integration between disparate systems
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AI summary
Techniques for automatic device configuration are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the techniques involve receiving patient data by one or more processors of a cloud-based server device. The techniques further involve obtaining, by the cloud-based server device, and based on the patient data, a value of a total daily dose of insulin for the specific patient. The techniques further involve automatically selecting, by the cloud-based server device, before the medical device has been set up to deliver insulin to the specific patient, a therapy configuration for the medical device. The techniques further involve determining, by the cloud-based server device, a set of therapy settings for the selected therapy configuration for the specific patient based upon the value of the total daily dose. The techniques further involve automatically configuring, via a non-medical device, the medical device with the set of therapy settings in a startup mode.