Patent ID: 8287487
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical infusion pump system, comprising: a portable pump housing that receives insulin for dispensation to a user, the pump housing at least partially containing a pump drive system to dispense the insulin through a flow path to the user; a controller that communicates with the pump drive system to dispense the insulin from the portable pump housing, wherein the controller comprises a controller housing that removably attaches to the pump housing, the controller being electrically connected to the pump drive system when the controller housing is removably attached to the pump housing; and a monitoring device that communicates glucose information to the controller, the glucose information being indicative of a blood glucose level of the user, wherein the controller outputs an alarm when the glucose information indicates that the blood glucose level reaches beyond a glucose alarm limit parameter, the glucose alarm limit parameter being adjustable by the controller in response to an insulin load of the user.