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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Irfan Z. Ali, Woodbury, MN (US);
Steven M. Goetz, North Oaks, MN (US);
David C. Ullestad, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Emem D. Akpan, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mark D. Salzwedel, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jiaying Shen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Irfan Z. Ali, Woodbury, MN (US);
Steven M. Goetz, North Oaks, MN (US);
David C. Ullestad, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Emem D. Akpan, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mark D. Salzwedel, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jiaying Shen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A fluid delivery system comprises a pump configured to deliver a therapeutic agent to a patient, a memory storing a therapy program defining the delivery of the therapeutic agent to the patient by the pump and a default infusion schedule based on the therapy program, and a processor configured to control the pump to deliver the therapeutic agent to the patient according to the therapy program, to determine an error condition that prevents the pump from continuing to deliver therapy according to the therapy program, and, upon determination of the error condition, to control the pump to deliver the therapeutic agent to the patient according to the default infusion schedule.