System and method for detecting over-infusion due to mechanical failure of an infusion pump

A method for detecting an over-infusion of a fluid, comprising:

• measuring, over at least a portion of a pumping cycle of an infusion pump, with a pressure sensor, a pressure of the fluid in the infusion line loaded into the infusion pump, the pumping cycle including application of at least one occluder and at least one pumping finger to the infusion line to move the fluid through the infusion line;
• determining a metric based on measuring the pressure over the at least the portion of the pumping cycle;
• determining that the metric corresponds to a fault threshold associated with the at least the portion of the pumping cycle corresponding to an over-infusion fault;
• and
• providing, for display on a display device associated with the infusion pump, an alert indicating the over-infusion fault.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method according, comprising:

• measuring, over at least a portion of a pumping cycle of an infusion pump, with a pressure sensor, a pressure of the fluid in the infusion line loaded into the infusion pump, the pumping cycle including application of at least one occluder and at least one pumping finger to the infusion line to move the fluid through the infusion line;
• determining a metric based on measuring the pressure over the at least the portion of the pumping cycle;
• determining that the metric corresponds to a fault threshold associated with the at least the portion of the pumping cycle corresponding to an over-infusion fault;
• and
• providing, for display on a display device associated with the infusion pump, an alert indicating the over-infusion fault.