# US 10,503,871 B2 · Infusion management platform with infusion data grouping logic > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,871 B2 - Document ID: US10503871B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/164,761 - Filed: 2016-05-25 - Published: 2016-09-15 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-13 - Assignees: CareFusion 303, Inc. - Applicants: CareFusion 303, Inc. - Inventors: Sachin B. Naker; Tim Riddle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503871B2 ## CPC - G01F 22/00: Methods or apparatus for measuring volume of fluids or fluent solid material, not otherwise provided for - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - G16H 20/30: relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising - G16H 20/40: relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - A61M 5/14: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor - A61M 5/1409: {in series, e.g. reconstitution systems with a first substance passing through a container holding a second substance} - A61M 2205/3584: using modem, internet or Bluetooth® - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract An infusion management platform can determine, based on one or more infusion events, whether to group infusions or segments of infusions. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method: receiving, by at least one data processor, data characterizing a first infusion of fluid into a patient from a container by an infusion module, the first infusion having an associated first order identifier and an associated first volume infused; monitoring, by the at least one data processor, an infusion sequence of the first infusion; identifying, by the at least one data processor and based on the monitoring of the infusion sequence, state information of the first infusion, the state information including a start state and an end state of the first infusion; receiving, by the at least one data processor, data characterizing a second infusion of fluid into the patient by the infusion module, the second infusion having an associated second volume to be infused; determining, by the at least one data processor, whether the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused; assigning, by at least one data processor and in response to an identification from the state information that the first infusion was started and stopped, the first order identifier to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused, or assigning a second order identifier, different from the first order identifier, to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is greater than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume to be infused; and causing, by the at least one data processor and via the infusion module, infusion of fluid into the patient pursuant to at least one of the first infusion and the second infusion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the second infusion has characteristics matching the first infusion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise: a profile name. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise: a patient name. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise: an infusion module identifier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise a patient care unit identifier. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise an infusion type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) A method as in claim 2, wherein the characteristics comprise a drug name. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A method as in claim 1, further comprising: providing data characterizing the order identifier assignment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method as in claim 9, wherein providing data comprises at least one of: displaying the data in a graphical user interface, loading the data, storing the data, and transmitting the data to a remote computing system. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer program product storing instructions which, when executed by at least one data processor, result in operations comprising: receiving data characterizing a first infusion of fluid into a patient from a container by an infusion module, the first infusion having an associated first order identifier and an associated first volume infused; monitoring an infusion sequence of the first infusion; identifying, based on the monitoring of the infusion sequence, state information of the first infusion, the state information including a start state and an end state of the first infusion; receiving data characterizing a second infusion of fluid into the patient by the infusion module, the second infusion having an associated second volume to be infused; determining whether the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused; assigning, in response to an identification from the state information that the first infusion was started and stopped, the first order identifier to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused, or assigning a second order identifier, different from the first order identifier, to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is greater than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume to be infused; and causing infusion by the infusion module of fluid into the patient pursuant to at least one of the first infusion and the second infusion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A computer program product as in claim 11, further comprising: determining whether the second infusion has characteristics matching the first infusion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise: a profile name. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise: a patient name. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise: an infusion module identifier. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise a patient care unit identifier. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise an infusion type. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) A computer program product as in claim 12, wherein the characteristics comprise a drug name. ### Claim 19 A method comprising: receiving first data characterizing a first infusion of fluid into a patient from a container by an infusion module, the first infusion having an associated first order identifier and an associated first volume infused, the first data comprising one or more characteristics selected from a group consisting of: a profile name, a patient name, an infusion module identifier, a patient care unit identifier, an infusion type, and a drug name; monitoring an infusion sequence of the first infusion; identifying, based on the monitoring of the infusion sequence, state information of the first infusion, the state information including a start state and an end state of the first infusion; receiving second data characterizing a second infusion of fluid into the patient by the infusion module, the second infusion having an associated second volume to be infused, the second data comprising one or more characteristics selected from a group consisting of: a profile name, a patient name, an infusion module identifier, a patient care unit identifier, an infusion type, and a drug name; determining that at least one of the characteristics in the first data matches at least one of the characteristics in the second data; determining whether the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused; assigning, in response to an identification from the state information that the first infusion was started and stopped, the first order identifier to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is less than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume infused, or assigning a second order identifier, different from the first order identifier, to the second infusion if the second volume to be infused is greater than a pre-defined percentage of the first volume to be infused; and causing infusion of fluid by the infusion module into the patient pursuant to at least one of the first infusion and the second infusion.