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Medical pump with operator-authorization awareness

  • US 10,074,446 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2015
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A programmable medical pump comprising:

  • a housing;

    a pump supported by the housing to receive an IV line;

    at least one sensor supported by the housing to monitor a flow of medicament through the IV line when received within the pump;

    a first wireless communication device configured to communicate identifying data identifying only to an individual who is within a predetermined distance;

    a second wireless communication device configured to communicate identifying data identifying an individual outside of the predetermined distance; and

    an electronic computer communicating with the pump and at least one sensor and executing a stored program fixed in non-transitory media of a computer memory and communicating with the pump and at least one sensor to;

    (a) receive from a first individual identifying data identifying the first individual;

    (b) determine whether the first individual identifying data was received through the first communication device or the second communication device;

    (c) apply the identifying data identifying the first individual to a data structure linking individuals to authorization levels to receive a first authorization level for the first individual, where each authorization level provides a subset of permitted operations of the programmable medical pump wherein at least one authorization level includes a subset of permitted operations which require the first individual identifying data to be received through the first communication device;

    (d) determine whether or not the first authorization level requires the first individual identifying data to be received through the first communication device;

    (e) if the first individual identifying data is received through the first wireless communication device, execute operations from related to the first individual commands only if those commands are within the subset of permitted operations of the programmable pump of the first authorization level for the first individual; and

    (f) if the first individual identifying data is received through the second communication device, execute operations from related to the first individual commands only if (i) those commands do not require the first individual identifying data to be received through the first wireless communication device and only if (ii) those commands are within the subset of permitted operations of the programmable pump of the first authorization level for the first individual; and

    (g) record in a log file the data identifying the individual and at least one of a time of accepting commands from the first individual and the commands accepted from the first individualwherein the authorization levels comprise a default level permitting an individual to perform predetermined operations of the programmable medical pump, including stopping operation of the medical pump, without receiving identifying data from the individual or linking the individual to authorization levels.

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