Drug pump systems and methods
AssigneeSmiths Medical, Inc.
InventorsThomas L. Peterson, Michael L. Blomquist
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Abstract
A menu driven reprogrammable drug pump is provided with a memory, such as flash memory, a display, a keyboard, and a communications port to allow a generic pump to be programmed with a desired pump application (therapy) program and patient specific settings. Programming and data transfer with another pump or a computer to and from the patient pump is by the communications port that allows local and/or remote communications with the pump. Flash memory stores the pump application program during use. Patient safety is provided by a cassette identification system, an occlusion detection system, and a latch/lock detection system. Automated testing of the pump is by a closed loop testing system.
Claims13
An ambulatory medical pumping system comprising:
- an ambulatory medical pump, the ambulatory medical pump including:
- a pump mechanism;
- a programmable circuit programmed to control the pump mechanism, the programmable circuit being independently programmable and operable;
- a communication port in electrical communication with the programmable circuit;
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- an ambulatory remote electronic device including:
- a communication port;
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- a circuit in electrical communication with the communication port of the ambulatory remote electronic device, the circuit configured to selectively transmit a signal to the communication port of the ambulatory medical pump, wherein the signal affects operation of the programmable circuit in the ambulatory medical pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.