Operating an Infusion Pump System
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1. A method of administering medicinal fluid to a patient, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving user input to program a controller in a control module, the user input being received via a user interface that is disposed in a unitary structure with the control module;
(b) installing a medicinal fluid container in a fluid delivery module that comprises an actuator module;
(c) attaching the fluid delivery module to the control module;
(d) causing the actuator module to dispense a medicinal fluid from the fluid container to a patient in response to an activation signal generated by the controller, wherein the controller generates the activation signal according to the received user input;
(e) separating the fluid delivery module from the control module; and
(f) repeating steps (b)-(e) with the previously used control module, a different medicinal fluid container, and a different fluid delivery module.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device and a removable controller device. When the pump device and the removable controller device are removably attached to one another, the components may provide a portable infusion pump unit to dispense medicine to a user. In particular embodiments, the removable controller device includes a user interface to readily provide information, for example, about the operation of the pump.
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1. A method of administering medicinal fluid to a patient, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving user input to program a controller in a control module, the user input being received via a user interface that is disposed in a unitary structure with the control module;
(b) installing a medicinal fluid container in a fluid delivery module that comprises an actuator module;
(c) attaching the fluid delivery module to the control module;
(d) causing the actuator module to dispense a medicinal fluid from the fluid container to a patient in response to an activation signal generated by the controller, wherein the controller generates the activation signal according to the received user input;
(e) separating the fluid delivery module from the control module; and
(f) repeating steps (b)-(e) with the previously used control module, a different medicinal fluid container, and a different fluid delivery module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of administering medicinal fluid to a patient, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining a first fluid delivery module that is a disposable, one-time-use only device, the first fluid delivery module that comprising an electrically powered actuator module;
(b) obtaining a first medicinal fluid container that is separate from the first fluid delivery module;
(c) installing the first medicinal fluid container in the first fluid delivery module;
(d) releasably mounting the first fluid delivery module to a control module so that the control module is in electrical communication with the first fluid delivery module;
(e) causing the actuator module to dispense a medicinal fluid from the first fluid container to a patient in response to an activation signal generated by the controller module;
(f) detaching the first fluid delivery module from the control module; and
(g) repeating steps (c)-(f) with the previously used control module, a second medicinal fluid container different from the first medicinal fluid container, and a second fluid delivery module different from the first fluid delivery module. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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