SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFUSION THERAPIES
First Claim
1. A system for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
- a server in communication with a central server; and
,an infusion pump in wireless communication with the server and for;
wirelessly transmitting pump data identifying the pump to the server;
uploading respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective label pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; and
,wirelessly transmitting, to the server, the respective label data; and
, wherein when the at least one medication consists of a single medication and the respective label pump programming data consists of first pump programming data, the server is for;
transmitting the pump data to the central server; and
,receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the pump data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication;
or, wherein, when the at least one medication includes a plurality of medications and the respective label pump programming data includes first pump programming data for a first medication from the plurality of medications, the server is for;
transmitting the pump data and the respective label data to the central server; and
,receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the pump data and the respective label data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
wherein the server is for comparing the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data.
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Abstract
A system for managing an infusion therapy, including: a server in communication with a central server; and an infusion pump in wireless communication with the server and for: uploading respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective label pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; wirelessly transmitting the uploaded label data to the server; and wirelessly transmitting pump data identifying the pump to the server. The server is for transmitting the pump data and the respective label data to the server; and receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the pump data and the respective label data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication. The server is for comparing the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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a server in communication with a central server; and
,an infusion pump in wireless communication with the server and for; wirelessly transmitting pump data identifying the pump to the server; uploading respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective label pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; and
,wirelessly transmitting, to the server, the respective label data; and
, wherein when the at least one medication consists of a single medication and the respective label pump programming data consists of first pump programming data, the server is for;transmitting the pump data to the central server; and
,receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the pump data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication;
or, wherein, when the at least one medication includes a plurality of medications and the respective label pump programming data includes first pump programming data for a first medication from the plurality of medications, the server is for;transmitting the pump data and the respective label data to the central server; and
,receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the pump data and the respective label data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
wherein the server is for comparing the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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wirelessly transmitting, from an infusion pump to a server, pump data identifying the pump; uploading, using the infusion pump, respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective first pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; and
,wirelessly transmitting the respective label data from the pump to the server; transmitting the pump data from the server to a central server; receiving, in the server, from the central server, and in response to receipt of the pump data by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
,comparing, in the server, the respective first pump programming data with the second pump programming data;
or,when the at least one medication includes a plurality of medications; transmitting the pump data from the server to the central server; transmitting respective label data for a first medication from the plurality of medications from the server to the server; receiving, in the server and from the central server in response to receipt of the pump data and the respective label data for the first medication by the central server, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
,comparing the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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at least one server in communication with a central server; and
,a plurality of infusion pumps in wireless communication with the at least one server and wherein each pump in the plurality of infusion pumps is for; uploading respective label data from a respective label for a respective medication, the respective label data including respective pump programming data for infusion of the respective medication by said each pump; wirelessly transmitting the respective label data to the at least one server; and
,wirelessly transmitting respective pump data identifying said each pump to the at least one server, wherein the at least one server is for; transmitting the respective pump data to the central server; receiving, from the central server and in response to receipt of the respective pump data by the central server, respective server pump programming data regarding respective prescribed medications; and
,for said each pump, comparing the respective pump programming data with the respective server pump programming data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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uploading to respective pumps from a plurality of infusion pumps, respective label data from a respective label for a respective medication, the respective label data including respective pump programming data for infusion of the respective medication by said respective pumps; wirelessly transmitting from said respective pumps to at least one server, respective pump data identifying said respective pumps to the at least one server; wirelessly transmitting the respective label data from said respective pumps to at least one server; transmitting the respective pump data from the at least one server to a central server; receiving, in the at least one server, from the central server, and in response to receipt of the respective pump data by the central server, respective server pump programming data regarding a respective prescribed medication; and
,comparing, in the at least one server and for said respective pumps, the respective pump programming data with the respective server pump programming data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. The method of claim 38 wherein when the respective list patient identification data matches the respective label patient label identification data, the method further comprising, generating and wirelessly transmitting to the at least one pump, using the at least one server, a respective authorization signal;
- or wherein when the respective list patient identification data does not match the respective label patient label identification data, the method further comprising, generating and wirelessly transmitting to the at least one pump, using the at least one server, a respective difference signal.
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30. A system for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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a server in communication with a central server and for downloading, from the central server, a list of patients including respective list pump programming data for patients in the list; and
,an infusion pump in wireless communication with the server and for uploading respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective label pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; and
, wherein when the at least one medication consists of a single medication and the respective label pump programming data consists of first pump programming data, the server is for selecting, from the respective list pump programming data, second pump programming data regarding a second medication;
or, wherein, when the at least one medication includes a plurality of medications and the respective label pump programming data includes first pump programming data for a first medication from the plurality of medications, the server is for selecting, from the central server and using the pump data and the respective label data, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
, wherein the server is for comparing the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data.
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31. The system of claim 31 wherein the respective label data includes label patient data identifying the patient for whom the at least one medication is prescribed, and first medication identification data identifying the first medication, wherein the list of patients includes respective list patient identification data and respective prescribed medication identification data for patients in the list, and wherein the server is for receiving, from a bedside scanning device, the pump data and patient data identifying a patient in whom the pump is intended to infuse the at least one medication;
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wherein the server is for;
identify first list patient identification data, first list pump programming data, and first prescribed medication identification data from the list of patients by using the patient data, the identification of the patient for the patient data and for the first list patient identification data being the same;
or, identifying first list patient identification data, first list pump programming data, and first prescribed medication identification data from the list of patients by using the patient data and the first medication identification data, wherein the identification of the patient for the patient data and for the first list patient identification data are the same and the respective medication identified by the first medication identification data and the first list prescribed medication identification data are the same; and
, wherein the server is for;correlating the first list patient identification data and the first list pump programming data with the pump data;
or,correlating the first list patient identification data, the first list pump programming data, and the first prescribed medication identification data with the pump data; and
, wherein the server is for;selecting the first list pump programming data as the second pump programming data by using the correlation of the first list patient identification data, the first list pump programming data, or the first prescribed medication identification data with the pump data; and
,comparing the label patient identification data with the first list patient identification data.
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32. A method for managing an infusion therapy, comprising:
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downloading, from a central server to a server, a list of patients including respective list pump programming data for patients in the list; uploading, to an infusion pump in wireless communication with the server, respective label data from respective labels for at least one medication, the respective label data including respective label pump programming data for infusion of the at least one medication by the pump; and
,when the at least one medication consists of a single medication and the respective label pump programming data consists of first pump programming data, selecting, in the server and from the respective list pump programming data, second pump programming data regarding a second medication;
or,when the at least one medication includes a plurality of medications and the respective label pump programming data includes first pump programming data for a first medication from the plurality of medications, selecting, in the server and from the central server and using the pump data and the respective label data, second pump programming data regarding a second medication; and
,comparing, in the server, the first pump programming data with the second pump programming data.
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33. The method of claim 33 wherein the respective label data includes label patient data identifying the patient for whom the at least one medication is prescribed, and first medication identification data identifying the first medication, wherein the list of patients includes respective list patient identification data and respective prescribed medication identification data for patients in the list;
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receiving, in the server and from a bedside scanning device, the pump data and patient data identifying a patient in whom the pump is intended to infuse the at least one medication; and
,identifying, in the server, first list patient identification data, first list pump programming data, and first prescribed medication identification data from the list of patients by using the patient data, the identification of the patient for the patient data and for the first list patient identification data being the same;
or,identifying, in the server, first list patient identification data, first list pump programming data, and first prescribed medication identification data from the list of patients by using the patient data and the first medication identification data, wherein the identification of the patient for the patient data and for the first list patient identification data are the same and the respective medication identified by the first medication identification data and the first list prescribed medication identification data are the same; and
,correlating, in the server, the first list patient identification data and the first list pump programming data with the pump data;
or,correlating, in the server, the first list patient identification data, the first list pump programming data, and the first prescribed medication identification data with the pump data; and
,selecting, in the server, the first list pump programming data as the second pump programming data by using the correlation of the first list patient identification data, the first list pump programming data, or the first prescribed medication identification data with the pump data; and
,comparing, in the server, the label patient identification data with the first list patient identification data.
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