Method and apparatus to sense temperature in an implantable...

Details Method and apparatus to sense temperature in an implantable... Method and apparatus to sense temperature in an implantable...

2001-09-10

2010-02-09

DeSanto, Matthew F (Department: 3763)

Surgery

Controlled release therapeutic device or system

Implanted dynamic device or system

C417S032000, C417S063000, C702S130000, C702S132000, C702S179000, C702S182000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07658737

ABSTRACT:
An implantable drug infusion pump for delivering drug therapy is made more reliable and its performance improved by monitoring drug pump temperature. Monitoring pump temperature can also provide for temperature-related drug therapy modification.A pump temperature sensor is read by the infusion pump's microprocessor. Pump temperature data is stored in pump memory for later access by a remote controller. A simple thermistor or semiconductor temperature sensor can provide fast and reliable temperature monitoring of the pump and/or of a patient by reading the temperature sensor's value and calculating a temperature therefrom.

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