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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new system allowing a patient to keep wearing a sensor. SOLUTION: The system for sensing blood glucose data of the patient includes the sensor, a user interface, and an optional auxiliary device. If the connection between the sensor and the user interface is by a wire, the sensor remains powered when the wire is disconnected. The communication between the sensor and the user interface may be wireless. The auxiliary device can be a patient monitor or other display or signal device, which displays information about the blood glucose data collected by the sensor. The sensor is connected to sensor electronics, which include a sensor power supply, a voltage regulator, and optionally a memory and processor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for connecting an interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing and an infusion pump housing. SOLUTION: This device for connecting a fluid medicament reservoir used in a medicament infusion pump to a conduit includes: a cap 46 connected to the fluid medicament reservoir to connect the fluid medicament reservoir to the conduit; a detent arm 34 disposed on the cap 46 to engage the cap 46 with the medicament infusion pump housing; and a conduit, which is disposed in the cap 46 to enable movement of a fluid through the conduit from the fluid medicament reservoir when the cap 46 is functionally engaged with the fluid medicament reservoir. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insertion set capable of suitable insertion. SOLUTION: An insertion device (10) and an insertion set (14) are provided. The insertion device (10) includes an insertion housing (20), a carrier body (30), and a driver (36). The carrier body (30) is slidably received in a device housing (28) for movement between an advanced position and a retracted position. The carrier body (30) also includes a receiving structure (32) to support the insertion set (14). The driver (36) forcibly moves the carrier body (30) with a controlled force and speed from the retracted position toward the advanced position to make at least a portion of the at least one piercing member (12) of the insertion set (14) pierce the skin of the patient and the insertion set (14) is installed to the patient. The receiving structure (32) of the carrier body (30) can be removed from the insertion set (14). COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To provide a means to monitor and recognize real dosage situation of a selected medicine to a patient in accordance with action of an injector type injection pump, or especially a distribution pump. CONSTITUTION: An injection pump to dose a selected medicine is provided with an inductance flow sensor 18 to monitor and recognize dosage of the medicine in accordance with pump action. The flow sensor 18 is provided with a compact coil 50 wound around a pump discharge tube, and it is combined with a core pin 38 attracted by magnetic force disposed inside the discharge tube, so the core pin 38 moves inside the inductor coil 50 in accordance with discharge from the pump. A control circuit is actuated by the minimum power required to recognize change of coil inductance generated as a result of displacement of the core pin 38 for recognizing dosage of the medicine to a patient in accordance with actuation of the pump. In a pump discharge condition, a magnet 40 provided at one end of the inductor coil 50 pulls the core pin 38, and the core pin 38 is maintained where it is puled from the coil 50.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a closed loop device or a semi-closed loop device for delivering insulin using a sensor value, which uses a redundant sensor device as a fail-safe method against sensor failure.SOLUTION: A closed loop device or a semi-closed loop device for infusing insulin using a sensor value from a glucose sensor device 10 includes: a first glucose sensor installed in a first portion for generating a first blood sugar measurement value; a second glucose sensor installed in a second portion for generating a second blood sugar measurement value; a controller 12 for determining whether the first blood sugar measurement value or the second blood sugar measurement value is the blood sugar measurement value having higher reliability; and an insulin delivery device 14 for delivering the insulin based on the blood sugar measurement value having higher reliability.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston for controlled delivery of fluids.SOLUTION: 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. There are provided a method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting an occlusion in a medication infusion pump. 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. The method of detecting an occlusion may be dynamic.
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PURPOSE: To prevent a complete phase shift from a pressure fluid to its liquid state by providing such a structure that the pressure fluid will expand and contract the volume of a pressure reservoir in response to the amount of medication within a medication chamber and undergoes a phase shift from liquid to vapor which is sufficient to maintain the medication under a certain pressure. CONSTITUTION: When an injection pump 10 receives a certain amount of medication and reserve it in its internal medication chamber 12, the medication is under a virtually constant predetermined pressure due to the use of an improved and simplified pressure reservoir 14 loaded with a certain pressure liquid in a mixed state of liquid and vapor. A spacer element 15 serves to prevent a complete phase shift of the pressure fluid to a liquid phase. The injection pump 10 has within its pump housing 16 the pressure reservoir 14 the volume of which can be altered. The wall of the pressure reservoir 14 is exposed to the medication chamber 12 and makes up a part of the chamber 12. The fluid in a liquid/ solid state within the pressure reservoir 14 will alter the volume of the medication chamber 12 in response to the amount of medication within the chamber 12.
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PURPOSE: To maintain a long term delivery of medicaments by removing obstructive accretion generated in a catheter end tip. CONSTITUTION: The tip 12 of the tail end of a catheter 10 is equipped with a cylindrical wall segment 28 which structures a tapered hole 30. The tapered hole 30 extends from an inside liner 26 to a sending-out port 32. At the sending- out port 32 the tapered hole 30 is integrally unified with a sharp slope 34. In the wall segment 28 at least one side slit 36 is formed extending in the longitudinal direction. When the sending-out port 32 is closed, the medicament sent with pressure under normal pressure circulates through the side slit 36 by pressure and flows outside from the tail end of the tip 12. By spreading outward the tail end tip 12 equipped with the slit, deforming outward the wall segment 28 with feeding of pressurized fluid into the catheter 10, accretion 38 is peeled off from the wall segment 28 and the accretion 38 is driven off from the sending-out port 32.
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PURPOSE: To provide a medication infusion pump which is implantable in a patient's body and which is of a kind as to send selected medications through a catheter to the patient in a programmable way over a long period of time. CONSTITUTION: A side port assembly body 28 is attached to a pump 10 quickly and simply and the assembly body 28 forms a flow path to release medications to a catheter 18. The side port assembly body 28 has a backflow stop valve 84 to prevent a backflow in the discharge flow path and an access port 20 accommodating access of an injection syringe into the discharge flow path. The discharge side access port 20 can be used to rinse and wash off the residual substances from the catheter 18 or can be used together with a refillable main port 22 which washes the pump 10 and/or which is to determine the actual pump stroke capacity.