System and method for delivering a therapeutic agent according to default infusion schedule

US8612055B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Irfan Z. Ali · Woodbury, US
• Steven M. Goetz · Fridley, US
• David C. Ullestad · Maple Grove, US
• Emem D. Akpan · Coon Rapids, US
• Mark Salzwedel · Eden Prairie, US
• Jiaying Shen · Maple Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/52
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid delivery system comprises a pump configured to deliver a therapeutic agent to a patient, a memory storing a therapy program defining the delivery of the therapeutic agent to the patient by the pump and a default infusion schedule based on the therapy program, and a processor configured to control the pump to deliver the therapeutic agent to the patient according to the therapy program, to determine an error condition that prevents the pump from continuing to deliver therapy according to the therapy program, and, upon determination of the error condition, to control the pump to deliver the therapeutic agent to the patient according to the default infusion schedule.