The Patient Therapy Controller (PTC) is a handheld touchscreen device, which allows a patient to initiate a pre-configured supplemental bolus of medication from their implanted Programmable Pump. The patient requests a bolus by pressing the Rx button on the PTC and then placing it over their implanted pump. The Patient Therapy Controller communicates with the implanted pump initiating the supplemental bolus delivery. The settings for the bolus delivery are programmed into the Patient Therapy Controller by a healthcare certified professional (HCP) using the Configuration Device.
An external device that enables a user to interrogate, test, analyse and program, noninvasively, one or more of the operating parameters (the programs) of an implanted infusion pump. It is able to read stored parameters in the infusion pump, providing historic and/or current information regarding performance, and may be used to upload new software into the infusion pump. It is a dedicated device, typically with an electronic wand with a communication antenna, connected to a port of a personal computer (PC) using dedicated software to drive the electronics of the wand to communicate with the implanted infusion pump.