MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20090135196A1
• Filed: 01/28/2009
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ICU Medical Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Hospira Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Holland, Geoffrey N., Moran, Charles P., McNeela, Martin A., Huang, John W., Keely, Patrick B., Pelletier, Jeff, Fathallah, Marwan
• Application Number:
  US12/361,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20090135196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/589
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method for dynamically adjusting the screen brightness of a pump screen display. The method includes providing a medical pump including an internal clock and a screen display having a first screen brightness and a second screen brightness. The method further includes providing a medication management unit operatively connected to the medical pump and transmitting configuration instructions from the medication management unit to the medical pump. The configuration instructions include instructions to display the first screen brightness during the daytime hours and instructions to display the second screen brightness during the nighttime hours. The method also includes determining a time of day using the internal clock of the pump and displaying the first or second screen brightness according to the time of day determined by the internal clock of the pump.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A method for dynamically adjusting the screen brightness of a pump screen display, comprising the steps of:

providing a medical pump comprising a screen display and an internal clock, the screen display having a first screen brightness and a second screen brightness;

providing a medication management unit operatively connected to said medical pump, said medication management unit configured to transmit configuration instructions to said medical pump, said configuration instructions comprising instructions to display said first screen brightness during daytime hours and instructions to display said second screen brightness during nighttime hours;

determining a current time of day using said internal clock;

displaying said first screen brightness or said second screen brightness based upon the determined time of day.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein said first screen brightness is brighter than said second screen brightness.