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Interface for medical infusion pump

  • US 10,437,963 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2015
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating a prescription form for execution by a medical infusion pump comprising:

  • displaying a protocol definition user interface on a graphical user interface of a medical infusion pump, the protocol definition user interface including a first menu containing a plurality of user-selectable therapy menu items;

    receiving a user selection of a therapy menu item from the first menu and displaying therapy notes relating to the selected therapy menu item on the protocol definition user interface;

    displaying on the protocol definition user interface, following selection of the selected therapy menu item and based on a predetermined qualifier definition for the selected therapy menu item, at least one user-selectable qualifier menu item associated with the selected therapy menu item in a second menu, each qualifier menu item defining a category into which a patient may fall;

    receiving a user selection of a qualifier menu item from the second menu and automatically displaying qualifier notes on the protocol definition user interface that qualify the selected therapy menu item based on the patient category defined by the selected qualifier menu item;

    displaying on the protocol definition user interface, following selection of the selected qualifier menu item and based on a predetermined drug definition for the selected therapy menu item, at least one user-selectable drug menu item in a third menu, each drug menu item relating to a drug that corresponds to the selected therapy menu item and qualifier menu item;

    receiving a user selection of a drug menu item from the third menu and displaying drug notes on the protocol definition user interface relating to the selected drug menu item;

    generating a prescription form defining prescribed patient treatment for execution by the medical infusion pump based on the selected therapy menu item, qualifier menu item and drug menu item;

    displaying a prescription form screen including the prescription form on the graphical user interface; and

    operating the medical infusion pump to deliver an amount of fluid to a patient in accordance with the prescription form based on the selected therapy menu item, the selected qualifier menu item within the predetermined qualifier definition, and the selected drug menu item within the predetermined drug definition.

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