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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Guy Scott Bristol, Shoreview, MN (US);
Peter Joseph Kovach, Fridley, MN (US);
Keith Jasperson, Andover, MN (US);
Guy Scott Bristol, Shoreview, MN (US);
Peter Joseph Kovach, Fridley, MN (US);
Keith Jasperson, Andover, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a software-based computing environment that uses data communication systems or networks, including the Internet and World Wide Web technologies, to implement a dosage calculator, which assists the clinician in managing patients receiving intrathecal therapy. The invention provides for a communications environment for clinicians, pharmacists, drug pump manufactures, and patients to assess the information supplied by an implantable drug pump, and to integrate data from other data sources in order to provide optimization of the life of the drug pump and the therapeutic substance formulations for the patient.