Medical pump, medical pump system, and method for controlling medical pump system

A medical pump system comprising:

• a first medical pump comprising:
• a first pump driving unit that administers a medicine, associated with the first and a second medical pump, in accordance with a setting;
• a first communication unit;
• a first operation unit to receive a manual input;
• a first control unit that:
• judges, in a first time period, a first time to start a cooperative administration period for administering the medicine;
• concurrently drives the first pump driving unit and a second pump driving unit of the second medical pump based on the setting and the manual input;
• the second medical pump, that, with the first medical pump, continuously administers the medicine by sequential driving the first and second medical pumps, wherein the second medical pump comprises:
• the second pump driving unit that administers the medicine associated with the second medical pump;
• a second communication unit in communication with the first communication unit;
• and
• a second control unit that concurrently drives the second pump driving unit based on a signal received from the first control unit through the first communication unit.

A method for controlling a medical pump system, the method comprising:

• receiving a setting at a first control unit of a first medical pump, wherein the first medical pump is in communication with a second medical pump;
• receiving an input from an outside source at the first medical pump;
• during a first administration period, a control unit of the first medical unit determining a start time for a cooperative administration period for administering a medicine, associated with both the first medical pump and the second medical pump, wherein the start time is determined based on the setting and the input;
• after the start time occurs, the first control unit driving a first pump driving unit to administer the medicine;
• and
• after the start time occurs and while the first control unit is driving the first pump driving unit to administer the medicine, a second control unit driving a second pump driving unit to administer concurrently the medicine with the second pump.