Systems and methods for updating firmware of medical devices while minimizing clinical impact

A patient care system comprising:

• a first infusion device module;
• and
• a control module operably connected to the first infusion device module, the control module comprising a memory and one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the control module to:
• receive, from a device remote from the patient care system, a new configuration package, wherein the new configuration package comprises a first module firmware for a first type of infusion device module, and a second module firmware for a second type of infusion device module connected to the control module;
• receive information associated with the new configuration package, the received information identifying a version of the first module firmware and specifying that the first module firmware is for the first type of infusion device module and identifying a version of the second module firmware and specifying that the second module firmware is for the second type of infusion device module, the first type and the second type of infusion device module each being a large volume infusion pump or a syringe pump;
• store the received new configuration package in a first memory bank of the control module, wherein a second configuration package is stored in a second memory bank of the control module when the new configuration package is received;
• determine, based on information associated with the received new configuration package, received from the remote device and stored in the first memory bank of the control module, that the first infusion device module connected to the control module is of the first type specified by the received information and that the identified version of the first module firmware is a new version for the first infusion device module connected to the control module, or that a second infusion device module-connected to the control module is of the second type specified by the received information and that the identified version of the second module firmware is a new version for the second infusion device module connected to the control module;
• responsive to determining that the first infusion device module is the first type specified by the received information and the first module firmware is a new version for the first infusion device module or the second infusion device module is the second type specified by the received information and the second module firmware is a new version for the second infusion device module, and that the first infusion device module or the second infusion device module, respectively, is connected to the control module:
• transmit the corresponding module firmware to a first memory bank of the connected infusion device module while a current version of the firmware for the connected infusion device module is stored in a second memory bank of the connected infusion device module that is different than the first memory bank of the connected infusion device module, wherein the current version of the firmware for the connected infusion device module is currently used by the connected infusion device module while being stored in the second memory bank of the connected infusion device module and while the corresponding module firmware received from the remote device is being transmitted to the first memory bank of the connected infusion device module.

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a control module of a patient care device, from a device remote from the control module, a new configuration package, wherein the new configuration package comprises a first module firmware for a first type of infusion device module connected to the control module, and a second module firmware for a second type of infusion device module connected to the control module;
• receiving information associated with the new configuration package, the received information identifying a version of the first module firmware and specifying that the first module firmware is for the first type of infusion device module and identifying a version of the second module firmware and specifying that the second module firmware is for the second type of infusion device module, the first type and the second type of infusion device module each being a large volume infusion pump or a syringe pump;
• storing, by the control module, the received new configuration package in a first memory bank of the control module, wherein a second configuration package is stored in a second memory bank of the control module when the new configuration package is received;
• determining, by the control module, based on information associated with the new configuration package, received by the control module from the remote device and stored in the first memory bank of the control module, that a first infusion device module connected to the control module is of the first type specified by the received information and that the identified version of the first module firmware is a new version for the first infusion device module connected to the control module, or that a second infusion device module connected to the control module is of the second type specified by the received information and that the identified version of the second module firmware is a new version for the second infusion device module connected to the control module;
• responsive to determining that the first infusion device module is the first type specified by the received information and the first module firmware is a new version for the first infusion device module or the second infusion device module is the second type specified by the received information and the second module firmware is a new version for the second infusion device module, and that the first infusion device module or the second infusion device module, respectively, is connected to the control module:
• transmitting, by the control module, the corresponding module firmware to a first memory bank of the connected infusion device module while a current version of the firmware for the connected infusion device module is stored in a second memory bank of the connected infusion device module that is different than the first memory bank of the connected infusion device module, wherein the current version of the firmware for the connected infusion device module is currently used by the connected infusion device module while being stored in the second memory bank of the connected infusion device module and while the corresponding module firmware received from the remote device is being transmitted to the first memory bank of the connected infusion device module.