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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Emem Akpan, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Inventor:
Emem Akpan, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0276 (2013.01); Y10S 128/92 (2013.01); Y10S 128/923 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for evaluating dosing from an implanted infusion system that includes receiving input regarding the identity of a therapeutic agent into an external device. The method further includes displaying on the external device a predetermined set of symptoms associated with the therapeutic agent; receiving input into the external device regarding with which of the symptoms the patient presents; and determining whether the therapeutic agent is being delivered, or has been delivered, at an appropriate dose based on the input identity of the therapeutic agent and the input symptoms.