Patent ID: 8221385

Claim:
A method of operating an insulin infusion pump system, comprising: determining a total insulin load for a particular time that accounts for a bolus insulin load, a basal insulin load, and a previous food component, wherein: the bolus insulin load is indicative of one or more bolus insulin dosages that have been dispensed into a user from a portable infusion pump system but not yet acted in the user, the basal insulin load is indicative of one or more basal insulin dosages that have been dispensed into the user from the portable infusion pump system but not yet acted in the user; and the previous food component is based upon previous food intake that has not yet metabolized in the user; storing a calculated value for the total insulin load and a time value for the particular time in a computer-readable memory device of the portable infusion pump system; and displaying the calculated value for the total insulin load on a display device of the portable infusion pump system.