Asante Solutions, Inc.

Netapp, Inc.

Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.

Argonaut Technologies, Inc.

Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc.

Steve Miller

Mark C Estes

David C Rich

Ken Mochel

Jeffrey S Kimmel

Mitchell Wenger

James Causey

Mellanie Balmeo

George Totolos, Jr

John W Sadler

Daniel M Bernstein

Michael Hordijk

Peter Wright

Jim Wasson

Ashish Prakash

Michael G Youngquist

Terry D Long

Arkady Kanevsky

Steve Waltman

Craig A Keller

Christopher Kilcoin

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can employ a number of power management techniques to avoid using substantially excessive power during operation of the pump drive system. Thus, the infusion pump system can draw upon the energy supply in an efficient manner that extends the useful life on the power supply. Furthermore, the infusion pump system can be configured estimate an amount of power remaining to operate the pump system without the requirement of directly detecting the remaining charge on power supply device (e.g., without detecting the remaining charge on a battery). As such, the infusion pump system can readily inform a user of a particular estimated amount of time remaining for medicine dispensing operations.

Power management techniques for an infusion pump system

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with sharing non-volatile memory solid state drives across a cluster group includes receiving a request for a block of storage in a non-volatile memory solid state drive in one of the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves. Information associated with each of a plurality of solid state drives in the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves associated with the received request is obtained. A namespace for each of the plurality of solid state drives in the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves using the obtained information is created. The requested block of storage in the non-volatile memory solid state drive associated with one of the created namespace is assigned to the requesting client computing device.

Methods for sharing NVM SSD across a cluster group and devices thereof

A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller.

Data storage for an infusion pump system

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user's inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof.

Illumination instrument for an infusion pump

A network storage controller uses a non-volatile solid-state memory (NVSSM) subsystem which includes raw flash memory as stable storage for data, and uses remote direct memory access (RDMA) to access the NVSSM subsystem, including to access the flash memory. Storage of data in the NVSSM subsystem is controlled by an external storage operating system in the storage controller. The storage operating system uses scatter-gather lists to specify the RDMA read and write operations. Multiple client-initiated reads or writes can be combined in the storage controller into a single RDMA read or write, respectively, which can then be decomposed and executed as multiple reads or writes, respectively, in the NVSSM subsystem. Memory accesses generated by a single RDMA read or write may be directed to different memory devices in the NVSSM subsystem, which may include different forms of non-volatile solid-state memory.

Use of RDMA to access non-volatile solid-state memory in a network storage system

A technique for achieving consistent read latency from an array of non-volatile solid-state memories involves an external entity determining the 'busy' or 'not busy' status of non-volatile solid-state memory elements in a RAID group. An external data layout engine then uses parity based RAID data reconstruction to avoid having to read from any memory element that is busy in a RAID group, along with careful scheduling of writes and erasures.

Method and apparatus for achieving consistent read latency from an array of solid-state storage devices

A network storage system includes 'raw' flash memory, and storage of data in that flash memory is controlled by an external, log structured, write out-of-place data layout engine of a storage server. By avoiding a separate, onboard data layout engine on the flash devices, the latency associated with operation of such a data layout engine is also avoided. The flash memory can be used as the main persistent storage of a storage server and/or as buffer cache of a storage server, or both. The flash memory can be accessible to multiple storage servers in a storage cluster. To reduce variability in read latency, each flash device provides its status ('busy' or not) to the data layout engine. The data layout engine uses RAID data reconstruction to avoid having to read from a busy flash device.

Network storage system including non-volatile solid-state memory controlled by external data layout engine

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller device that communicates with a pump device, the pump device having a memory device. The controller device can be configured to record controller-related data, such as user profile data on the memory device of the pump device. This user profile data that is stored in the memory of the pump device can serves as a data backup system that permits the user to program a new controller device in a situation where the original controller device is lost or damaged. In addition or in the alternative, the controller device can be configured to receive controller-related data, such as software update programs or backup controller data, from the memory device of the pump device.

User profile backup system for an infusion pump device

The data path in a network storage system is streamlined by sharing a memory among multiple functional modules (e.g., N-module and D-module) of a storage server that facilitates symmetric access to data from multiple clients. The shared memory stores data from clients or storage devices to facilitate communication of data between clients and storage devices and/or between functional modules, and reduces redundant copies necessary for data transport. It reduces latency and improves throughput efficiencies by minimizing data copies and using hardware assisted mechanisms such as DMA directly from host bus adapters over an interconnection, e.g. switched PCI-e 'network'. This scheme is well suited for a 'SAN array' architecture, but also can be applied to NAS protocols or in a unified protocol-agnostic storage system. The storage system can provide a range of configurations ranging from dual module to many modules with redundant switched fabrics for I/O, CPU, memory, and disk connectivity.

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