Pump monitoring system and pump monitoring server
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideki Sugawara
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Abstract
A server control unit of a pump monitoring server records, in a recording unit, a state of a pump together with a time at which the state of the pump is confirmed in a case where the server control unit has received the state of the pump confirmed by a medical practitioner from the pump within a first predetermined time from the start of clocking of a liquid delivery time by a clocking unit. In contrast, in a case where the server control unit has not received the state of the pump from the pump even after the first predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the clocking of the liquid delivery time by the clocking unit, the server control unit prompts the medical practitioner to confirm the pump.
Claims20
A pump monitoring system comprising:
- a pump configured to deliver a medicine to a patient, wherein the pump includes a pump control unit that transmits a state of the pump upon receiving a confirmation input provided by a medical practitioner;
- and
- a pump monitoring server that receives the state of the pump transmitted by the pump control unit while the pump is delivering the medicine, and wherein the pump monitoring server includes:
- a clocking unit that sets a timer clocking a liquid delivery time of the pump when the pump starts delivering the medicine;
- and
- a server control unit that:
- when the confirmation input is provided by the medical practitioner within a first predetermined time after the timer is set, records, in a recording unit, the state of the pump together with a time the medical practitioner provided the confirmation input, wherein the confirmation input verifies that the medical practitioner has confirmed the state of the pump while the pump is delivering the medicine;
- and
- when the confirmation input is not provided by the medical practitioner within the first predetermined time after the timer is set, sends a message prompting the medical practitioner to confirm the state of the pump while the pump is delivering the medicine.
A pump monitoring server in communication with a pump, the pump monitoring server comprising:
- a clocking unit that sets a timer clocking a liquid delivery time of the pump when the pump starts delivering a medicine to a patient;
- a recording unit;
- and
- a server control unit in communication with the clocking unit and the recording unit, wherein the server control unit:
- determines if a first period of time has elapsed since the timer clocking the liquid delivery time was set;
- if the first period of time has not elapsed:
- receives, from the pump, confirmation information in response to a medical practitioner providing a confirmation input, wherein the confirmation input verifies that the medical practitioner has confirmed a state of the pump at a first time while the pump is delivering the medicine;
- and
- records, in the recording unit, the state of the pump and the first time;
- if the first period of time has elapsed:
- sends a first message prompting the medical practitioner to confirm the state of the pump while the pump is delivering the medicine.
A pump associated with a pump monitoring system comprising:
- a user interface;
- a reading unit;
- and
- a pump control unit in communication with the user interface, the reading unit, and a pump monitoring server that monitors a state of the pump while the pump is delivering a liquid, wherein the pump control unit:
- transmits a liquid delivery time of the pump to the pump monitoring server, the liquid delivery time defining a time when the pump starts delivering the liquid;
- within a first predetermined time from the liquid delivery time:
- receives, from a medical practitioner, a confirmation input from the user interface, the confirmation input verifying that the medical practitioner has confirmed the state of the pump while the pump is delivering the liquid;
- receives a user identification information, of the medical practitioner who provided the confirmation input, from the reading unit;
- transmits the state of the pump together with a time the medical practitioner provided the confirmation input confirming the state of the pump to the pump monitoring server, wherein the state of the pump comprises confirmation information associated with the confirmation input and the user identification information;
- after the first predetermined time from the liquid delivery time:
- receives, from the pump monitoring server, a first message prompting the medical practitioner to confirm the state of the pump while the pump is delivering the liquid;
- and
- displays the first message on the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.