PROCESSING PROGRAM DATA FOR MEDICAL PUMPS
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Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining a library of program data for medical pumps, the apparatus comprising: memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records and a plurality of data key records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database for controlling operation of a medical pump, each data key record containing a data key and each data key identifying one of the data program records; a database management system programmed to link a data key to a set of program data; and a scanner in data communication with the database management system, the database management system being further programmed to receive a code scanned by the scanner, save the code in a data key record, and link the code to a set of program data, the code being a data key.
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43 Claims
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21. An apparatus for programming a medical pump, comprising:
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memory storing a database, the database including a plurality of sets of program data, at least some of the program data for controlling operation of a medical pump; a data output configured for data communication with a programmable medical pump; and a processor in electrical communication with the memory and the data output, the processor configured to; communicate with the medical pump to determine at least one characteristic of the medical pump; determine a set of program data in the database that is compatible with the medical pump based on the at least one characteristic; retrieve the set of program data from the database; and download the set of program data to the medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of programming a medical pump, comprising:
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establishing a communications link between a processor having access to a database and a medical pump, the database including a plurality of sets of program data, at least some of the program data for controlling operation of the medical pump; determining at least one characteristic of the medical pump; determining a set of program data in the database that is compatible with the medical pump based on the at least one characteristic; retrieving the set of program data from the database; and downloading the set of program data to the medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus for programming a medical pump, comprising:
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an electronic database containing a plurality of sets of program data, at least some of the program data for controlling operation of a medical pump; a database management system having access to the database and including a user interface; and a processor in electrical communication with the database management system, the processor configured to; establish communication with the medical pump; determine at least one characteristic of the medical pump; access the database to determine a set of program data in the database that is compatible with the medical pump based on the at least one characteristic; retrieve the set of program data from the database; and download the set of program data to the medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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