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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42 Claims
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21. A method of programming a medical pump, comprising:
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establishing data communication with a first medical pump having programming for delivering fluid to a patient; copying the programming of the first medical pump; establishing data communication with a second medical pump; and downloading the programming copied from the first medical pump to the second medical pump to create a cloned pump of the first medical pump with the second medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method of creating a library of pump data for, controlling operation of medical pumps, comprising:
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establishing data communication with a medical pump having programming for delivering fluid to a patient; copying the programming of the medical pump; and storing the programming of the first medical pump in a database such that the programming is retrievable from the database for downloading to another medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus for programming a medical pump by cloning another medical pump, comprising:
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memory storing a database, the database including a plurality of sets of program data, the sets of program data including data for programming a medical pump to deliver fluid to a patient; a communications link adapted to establish data communication with one or more medical pumps; and a processor in electrical communication with the memory and the data output, the processor configured to establish data communication with a second medical pump through the communications link and to download a set of program data copied from a first medical pump to the second medical pump to create a cloned pump of the first medical pump with the second medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus for maintaining a library of pump data for controlling operation of medical pumps, comprising:
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memory storing a database, the database including a plurality of sets of program data, the sets of program data including data for programming a medical pump to deliver fluid to a patient; a communications link adapted to establish data communication with one or more medical pumps; and a database management system programmed to copy program data from a medical pump and store the program data in a database for later retrieval for downloading to another medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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