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Apparatus for infusing medication

US4469481A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1982
Grant dateSep 4, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/12
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for infusing liquid medication such as insulin into a living body has a memory for storing a basic pattern and meal patterns which decide the medication infusion dose in accordance with time. The basic pattern is designated under ordinary conditions, with a meal pattern being designated for a predetermined period of time when desired. With the passage of the predetermined period, the basic pattern is restored, the address of the basic pattern being designated according to the actual time. When a pattern is selected, the one actually addressed and read out of the memory is that appropriate for the time of day. The pattern information read out of the memory is applied to means for infusing the liquid medication into the living body, the dose of the medication conforming to the specific pattern.

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