Procedure-based programming for infusion pumps
AssigneeSmiths Medical ASD, Inc.
InventorJames B. Drost
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Abstract
Methods and systems for configuring a plurality of infusion pumps according to a functional set. A method includes implementing a plurality of infusion pumps, each of the infusion pumps configured to administer medication to a patient, implementing a drug library, the drug library including at least one functional set defining a set of medications, receiving input data related to one of the at least one functional sets, obtaining a particular set of medications from the drug library corresponding to the input data, programming the plurality of infusion pumps according to the set of medications, and infusing the patient with the plurality of infusion pumps.
Claims15
A method of configuring a plurality of infusion pumps according to a functional set, the method comprising:
- implementing a plurality of infusion pumps, each of the infusion pumps configured to administer medication to a patient;
- implementing a drug library, the drug library including at least one functional set defining a set of medications;
- receiving input data related to one of the at least one functional sets;
- obtaining a particular set of infusates from the drug library corresponding to the input data;
- programming the plurality of infusion pumps according to the set of infusates;
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- infusing the patient with the plurality of infusion pumps.
A system for programming a plurality of infusion pumps, the system comprising:
- a plurality of infusion pumps, each of the infusion pumps configured to administer medication to a patient;
- an input source configured to receive a selected functional set;
- a programming engine including:
- a drug library including at least one functional set corresponding to the selected functional set defining a set of medications;
- a communications engine configured to interface to the plurality of infusion pumps and the input source;
- a processor configured to interface to the drug library and to command the communications engine to program the plurality of infusion pumps according to the selected functional set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.