Embodiments of the present invention utilize a closed-loop feedback control system to ensure accurate drug delivery. This control system may, for example, utilize a flow sensor to measure the volume of delivery and an intelligent control algorithm to anticipate and compensate for overdoses and under
Embodiments of the present invention utilize a closed-loop feedback control system to ensure accurate drug delivery. This control system may, for example, utilize a flow sensor to measure the volume of delivery and an intelligent control algorithm to anticipate and compensate for overdoses and underdoses. Feedback control systems in accordance herewith can be applied to any piston- or plunger-driven pump system utilizing sensors that measure flow directly or indirectly. In some embodiments, adjustments are made based on the flow “tail” that occurs in a piston- or plunger-type pump as relaxation of the plunger material continues to push fluid out of the drug reservoir; this residual flow eventually ceases after the plunger returns to its natural state.
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1. A drug pump device comprising: a drug reservoir;an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site;a sensor;an electrolysis pump comprising a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member, the electrolysis p
1. A drug pump device comprising: a drug reservoir;an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site;a sensor;an electrolysis pump comprising a pump chamber in mechanical communication with the drug reservoir via an intervening displacement member, the electrolysis pump being operable to exert a pressure to drive the displacement member toward the exit member and thereby force therethrough fluid in the drug chamber; andcontrol circuitry for (i) storing a target delivered volume over a specified time, (ii) operating the electrolysis pump to force fluid from the drug reservoir into the exit member in pulses having a time window defined by a pump-start time when pumping begins and a pump-stop time when the pump is shut off, the time window corresponding to the target delivered volume at a predetermined flow rate, (iii) based on signals received from the sensor, measuring a volume of fluid through the exit member resulting from a pulse, the measured volume including a pulse volume through the exit member during the pulse and an additional tail volume through the exit member after the pulse, and (iv) adjusting the pulse time window based on the measured pulse volume and tail volume to conform collectively to the target delivered volume. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is at least one pressure sensor. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the sensor is at least one flow sensor. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one flow sensor and at least one pressure sensor. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the target delivered volume corresponds to a single bolus, the control circuitry causing measuring to occur during a priming stage and causing adjustment to occur during a delivery stage. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry causes the target delivered volume to be dispensed through the exit member over a sequence of time-separated pulses occurring over a time interval, the control circuitry causing measuring to occur during a first time interval and causing adjustment to occur during a second time interval following the first time interval. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein the adjustment is based on the measured pulse volume and tail volume from a plurality of pulses. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the intervening displacement member comprises a piston, a diaphragm, a bladder, or a plunger. 9. A method of controlling an actual delivery volume of fluid in a drug pump device comprising a drug reservoir, an exit member for fluidically connecting the reservoir with a drug injection site, and an electrolysis pump operable to force fluid from the drug reservoir into the exit member in pulses each having a time window defined by a pump-start time when pumping begins and a pump-stop time when the pump is shut off, the time window corresponding to a target delivered volume at a predetermined flow rate, to conform to a target delivery volume, the method comprising: measuring a volume of fluid through the exit member resulting from a pulse, the measured volume including (i) a pulse volume through the exit member during the pulse and (ii) an additional tail volume through the exit member after the pulse; andadjusting the pulse time window based on the measured pulse volume and tail volume to conform collectively to the target delivered volume. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the measurement is made with at least one pressure sensor. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the sensor is at least one flow sensor. 12. The method of claim 9, wherein the target delivered volume corresponds to a single bolus, the measuring step occurring during a priming stage and the adjusting step occurring during a delivery stage. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the target delivered volume is dispensed through the exit member over a sequence of time-separated pulses occurring over a time interval, the measuring step occurring during a first time interval and the adjusting step occurring during a second time interval following the first time interval. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the adjusting step is based on the measured pulse volume and tail volume from a plurality of pulses.
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