	US 11,838,867 B2
	Methods for reduction of battery usage in ambulatory infusion pumps
Geoffrey A Kruse, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,419.
Application 17/549,419 is a continuation of application No. 16/676,118, filed on Nov. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,218,968.
Application 16/676,118 is a continuation of application No. 15/354,495, filed on Nov. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,492,141, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,398, filed on Nov. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104133 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)

CPC H04W 52/0232 (2013.01) [A61M 5/142 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); A61M 5/14244 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8212 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)]

19 Claims

1. A method of coordinating communications in an ambulatory infusion pump system to preserve battery life, comprising: establishing a wireless communications link between an ambulatory infusion pump and a consumer electronic device; causing therapy to be provided to a patient with the ambulatory infusion pump; limiting communications between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device while therapy is provided to the patient with the ambulatory infusion pump to preserve a battery life of at least one of the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device; activating the wireless communications link between the ambulatory infusion pump and the consumer electronic device upon occurrence of a predetermined event; and transmitting information related to the predetermined event upon activating the wireless communications link due to the occurrence of the predetermined event.