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Medical Pump with Operator-Authorization Awareness

  • US 20150165118A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2015
  • Published: 06/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A programmable medical pump comprising:

  • a housing;

    a pump supported by the housing to receive an IV line;

    at least one sensor supported by the housing to monitor a flow of medicament through the IV line when received within the pump; and

    an electronic computer communicating with the pump and at least one sensor and executing a stored program fixed in non-transitory media of a computer memory and communicating with the pump and at least one sensor to;

    (a) receive from a first individual data identifying the first individual;

    (b) apply the data identifying first individual to a data structure linking individuals to authorization levels to determine a first authorization level for the first individual, where each authorization level provides a subset of permitted operations of the programmable medical pump;

    (c) accept from the first individual commands related to operation of the programmable pump only if those commands are within the subset of permitted operations of the programmable pump of the first authorization level for the first individual; and

    (d) record in a log file the data identifying the individual and at least one of a time of accepting commands from the first individual and the commands accepted from the first individual.

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