Patent ID: 8562591
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A drug infusion system for delivering a fluid medication to a patient, comprising: an implantable drug delivery device configured to deliver said fluid medication at a programmable rate to said patient under control of an original programming cycle having a plurality of steps in a plurality of time slots beginning at a starting time; said programming cycle specifying said programmable rate for each of said plurality of steps; an external controller configured to store a program representative of said original programming cycle in said implantable drug delivery device at a programming time, wherein said starting time and said programming time are different; and said drug infusion system adjusting said implantable drug delivery device so that said original programming cycle begins at said programming time at a point during said original programming cycle adjusted for a difference between said starting time and said programming time, wherein said adjusting occurs before said program representative of said original programming cycle is stored in said implantable drug delivery device.