Patent ID: 9700669
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for communicating with an implantable drug delivery device using a mobile computing device, comprising: establishing, by the mobile computing device, a connection with a first communication interface of a telemetry unit, the telemetry unit being configured for wireless communication with the implantable drug delivery device via a second communication interface different from the first communication interface of the telemetry unit; displaying, at the mobile computing device, user-selectable drug delivery settings for the implantable drug delivery device; receiving, at the mobile computing device, at least one selection of a drug delivery setting; translating, by the mobile computing device, the received selection into a signal format readable by the telemetry unit; and sending, by the mobile computing device, the translated signal to the first communication interface of the telemetry unit, wherein the telemetry unit is configured to program the implantable drug delivery device via the second communication interface of the telemetry unit based on the translated signal received from the mobile computing device at the first communication interface of the telemetry unit.