IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES THAT DETECT INADVERTENT DELIVERY OF DRUG TO A SUBCUTANEOUS POCKET

Abstract: an implantable medical device configured to monitor fluid in proximity to an implantable medical device for an inadvertent introduction of infusate into a pocket of tissue surrounding the implantable medical device during a refill procedure, the implantable medical device including one or more sensors configured to monitor fluid in proximity to an exterior of the implantable medical device during a procedure to refill the device with infusate, and a processor configured to monitor the one or more sensors during an infusate refill procedure and to activate one or more notification, alert or alarm features to notify a user that a pocket fill may be occurring.

Inventor(s): Jeffrey P. Bodner

CPC Classification: A61M5/14276 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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