Patent ID: 6827702
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A61M,G16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A communication device for communicating with a computing element, the computing element executing a closed-loop algorithm for controlling a delivery rate of an infusion formulation by an infusion pump in response to a sensed biological state, the communication device comprising:an outer housing; a power source; a plurality of user-selectable operators attached to the housing, at least one of the plurality of user-selectable operators representing at least one exersise event of a user that affects the sensed biological state and the at least one user-selectable operator being selectable for initiating communication of signals to the computing element, the signals representing at least one exercise event; and a transmission device for transmitting the signals to the computing element; wherein the closed-loop algorithm processes the signals received by the computing element and adjusts the delivery rate of an infusion formulation in accordance with pre-programmed information relating to the at least one exercise event represented by the signals.