Infusion pump with configurable screen settings
AssigneeHospira, Inc.
InventorsJohn Arrizza, Mihaela Cozmi, Glenn Davis, Marwan A. Fathallah, Wen Feng, Angela Marino, John Erik Michael Palmroos, James R. Shults, Suzanne Willey, Yu Xin
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provides for configuring the backlight brightness level. The backlight brightness level can be configured at the drug library and/or at the medical device, thereby improving the flexibility a user has in changing backlight parameters. A method and apparatus for managing a power saving mode allows the user to configure the power saving program at the drug library and/or at the medical device.
Claims20
A method for configuring a backlight by an authorized person at a medication management unit having an MMU graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- displaying clinical care areas on the MMU graphical user interface;
- receiving a selection of one of the displayed clinical care areas by the authorized person;
- displaying default brightness levels on the MMU graphical user interface for the selected clinical care area;
- receiving selection of one of the displayed default brightness levels by the authorized person;
- updating a drug library in the medication management unit with the selected default brightness level for the selected clinical care area;
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- transmitting the updated drug library from the medication management unit.
A method for configuring a backlight by a user at a medical device having a device graphical user interface, the method comprising:
- receiving and storing an updated drug library at the medical device, the updated drug library including default brightness levels, each of the default brightness levels being associated with a clinical care area;
- displaying clinical care areas on the device graphical user interface;
- receiving selection of one of the displayed clinical care areas by the user;
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- operating the backlight for the medical device at the default brightness level for the user selected clinical care area from the stored updated drug library.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.