SINGLE CONTROL BUTTON TYPE AUTOMATIC INFUSION PUMP OPERATION METHOD

• US 20080243078A1
• Filed: 04/02/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Pacific Hosptial Supply Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Yuan-Yung
• Application Number:
  US11/695,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20080243078A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14212 Pumping with an aspiration and an expulsion action
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence

Abstract

A single control button type automatic infusion pump comprised of a circuit board, a motor pump, a three-way connector, a buzzer and a power adapter is disclosed. The circuit board has a controller to control the operation of the motor pump and the buzzer and a sensor to detect the pressure or status of the infusion bag/nutrition bag and the three-way connector. The three-way connector is a connection interface for enabling the motor pump to increase or reduce the pressure of the external infusion bag or nutrition bag. By means of a single button design, the single control button type automatic infusion pump automatically controls the pressure of the infusion bag/nutrition bag and detects its operation.

Claims

1. A single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method comprising the steps of:

(a) connecting power supply;

(b) entering a standby mode and turning on a first indication light;

(c) pressing a control button to start pumping and to turn on a second indication light;

(d) stopping the pumping action and turning off said second indication light and turning on said first indication light when the pressure reached a first predetermined value;

(e) starting the pumping action again when the pressure dropped below a second predetermined value.

2. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the user presses the control button of the single control button type automatic infusion pump during step (c), the pumping action is off.

3. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the user presses the control button of the single control button type automatic infusion pump again after stoppage of the pumping action, the pumping action is started again.

4. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sub step of driving a buzzer to produce a warning sound and a warning light to produce a visual warning signal when the pumping action continues and surpasses a predetermined length of time during step (c).

5. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 4, when the user presses the control button of the single control button type automatic infusion pump during the operation of said buzzer and said warning light, said buzzer and said warning light are turned off, and the single control button type automatic infusion pump is returned to said standby mode.

6. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the user presses the control button of the single control button type automatic infusion pump and keeps the control button pressed during the pumping action in step (c), the pumping action is continued to increase the pressure over said first predetermined value to a third predetermined value, which is a set upper limit pressure value of the single control button type automatic infusion pump.

7. The single control button type automatic infusion pump operation method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first indication light and said second indication light are driven to flash alternatively during the pumping action to increase the pressure over said first predetermined value to said third predetermined value.