Systems and methods to pair a medical device and a remote controller for such medical device

US8932250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Animas Corporation · US

Inventors

• Barbara Montgomery · Gaithersburg, US
• Krzysztof Z. Brukalo · Chambersburg, US
• Manfred Ebner · Oberursel, DE
• Steven Getz · Malvern, US
• Carl Brewer · Chandler, US
• Ulrich Kraft · Hofheim, DE
• Mark A. Destefano · Collegeville, US
• Sieghard Hasenzahl · Riedstadt, DE
• Katherine D. Crothall · Gladwyne, US
• David Hohl · Milpitas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C2201/20
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.