Patent ID: 8234126

Claim:
A method of receiving an insulin infusion pump device, comprising: obtaining a prescription for a supply of infusion pump devices to deliver insulin; submitting the prescription to a pharmacy for repeated deliveries of the infusion pump devices over a predetermined period of time; and receiving a plurality of infusion pump devices from the pharmacy contemporaneously with the receipt of insulin cartridges from pharmacy, wherein the insulin cartridges are external to the infusion pump devices when the infusion pump devices are received from the pharmacy; removably attaching a selected one of the infusion pump devices to a reusable controller device having a user interface display so that the selected infusion pump device and the user interface display of the reusable controller device are mechanically coupled; inserting a selected one of the insulin cartridges into a cavity defined by the selected infusion pump device so that a lock structure disposed within the cavity lockingly engages the selected insulin cartridge in the cavity to irreversibly receive the selected insulin cartridge within the cavity; and causing at least a portion of insulin from the selected insulin cartridge to dispense from the selected infusion pump device, wherein said selected infusion pump device dispenses said portion of the insulin using a drive system comprising a rotational motor housed within the selected infusion pump device.