Flushing a Fluid Line From a Medical Pump
First Claim
1. A method of flushing a fluid line with a medical pump configured to execute a flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the method comprising:
- automatically querying in human detectable form whether to proceed with the flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure, the flushing procedure lacking a specified relationship with the infusion procedure until after performance of the infusion procedure.
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Abstract
A method and medical pump to perform a flushing procedure are provided. The medical pump is configured to execute the flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure and infusion procedure lacking a specified relationship between each other until after performance of the infusion procedure. The method comprises performing an infusion procedure of a medicament with the medical pump and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to execute a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of flushing a fluid line with a medical pump configured to execute a flushing procedure subsequent to an infusion procedure, the method comprising:
automatically querying in human detectable form whether to proceed with the flushing procedure in response to conclusion of the infusion procedure, the flushing procedure lacking a specified relationship with the infusion procedure until after performance of the infusion procedure.
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2. A method of flushing a fluid line with a medical pump configured to execute a flushing procedure, the method comprising:
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performing the flushing procedure with a flushing fluid to flush the fluid line; stopping the flushing procedure before it is completed; and automatically querying in human detectable form whether to restart the flushing procedure after it has been stopped. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of tracking volume of medicament infused by a medical pump configured to expel medicament into a fluid line comprising:
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determining a volume of medicament expelled into the fluid line during an infusion procedure; and increasing the volume of medicament expelled by an amount equal to a volume of flushing fluid expelled into the fluid line during a flushing procedure after conclusion of the infusion procedure, whereby to have a total volume of medicament infused by the medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A medical pump comprising:
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at least one processing unit; and a memory containing program code configured to, when executed by the at least one processing unit, automatically query in human detectable form whether to proceed with a flushing procedure in response to conclusion of an infusion procedure, the flushing procedure lacking a specified relationship with the infusion procedure until after performance of the infusion procedure.
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11. A medical pump comprising:
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at least one processing unit; and a memory containing program code configured to, when executed by the at least one processing unit, perform a flushing procedure with a flushing fluid to flush a fluid line, stop the flushing procedure before it is completed, and automatically query in human detectable form whether to restart the flushing procedure after it has been stopped. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A medical pump comprising:
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at least one processing unit; and a memory containing program code configured to, when executed by the at least one processing unit, determine a volume of medicament expelled into a fluid line during an infusion procedure and increase the volume of medicament expelled by an amount equal to a volume of flushing fluid expelled into the fluid line during a flushing procedure after conclusion of the infusion procedure, whereby to have a total volume of medicament infused by the medical pump. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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