Patent ID: 8469920

Claim:
A medicine dispensing system, comprising: a wearable pump housing assembly for releasably coupling with a skin surface, the wearable pump housing assembly including a generally cylindrical insulin reservoir in an interior space such that the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir extends in a longitudinal direction along a length of the wearable pump housing assembly; a piston rod movably arranged in the housing assembly to dispense insulin from the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir; a drive actuator to advance the piston rod toward the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir; a bolus push button arranged on the wearable pump housing assembly so as to activate a bolus dispensing operation in which a bolus dosage of insulin is dispensed from the generally cylindrical insulin reservoir; an audio speaker coupled to the wearable pump housing assembly for emitting sounds upon manipulation of the bolus push button; a control circuit in the pump housing assembly to communicate drive signals to the drive actuator to cause the dispensation of the insulin, the control circuit including: a programmable unit that stores a programmed dosage schedule, and a wireless communication receiver; and a wireless controller to communicate signals to the control circuit in the pump housing assembly indicative of the programmed dosage schedule, wherein the wireless controller includes a user interface having a display screen and a plurality of buttons to receive user input of glucose level measurements.