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Distributed medication delivery method having autonomous delivery device

  • US 10,149,938 B2
  • Filed: 07/24/2015
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for the delivery of medication, the method comprising:

  • programming an operations processor of a medication delivery operations module, wherein the medication delivery operations module includes a delivery mechanism having a base function of medication delivery at a selectable rate and a selectable volume, wherein the step of programming the operations processor comprises programming the operations processor to set the delivery rate and the delivery volume of the base function of the delivery mechanism at fixed values;

    receiving an advanced medication delivery program from a source outside the medical delivery operations module and storing the advanced medication delivery program in a buffer memory, wherein the advanced medication delivery program has a plurality of different values that vary with time for at least one of the delivery rate and the delivery volume;

    programming the operations processor to access the buffer memory for the existence of a complete advanced medication delivery program, and if a complete advanced medication delivery program is found, to execute the advanced delivery program under which the operations processor automatically varies at least one of the rate of delivery and volume of delivery values in accordance with the advanced delivery program autonomously without being under real time control of, or dependent on, any remote processor or data source, including a processor at a source from which the advanced delivery program came, or a user interface, except for starting and stopping the operations processor in executing the advanced delivery program, but neither the user interface nor any other control or data device can be used to change the advanced program being executed.

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