PATIENT CARE SYSTEM WITH CONDITIONAL ALARM FORWARDING
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Abstract
A patient care system is disclosed that includes a medical device such as an infusion pump. The medical device generates a data message containing information such as the status of the therapy being delivered, operating data or both. An alarm generating system assesses the data message from the pump and generates an alarm message if certain conditions established by a first set of rules are met. The alarm message is assessed according to a second set of rules as to whether to suppress the alarm message. The data message contains a required input for both the first and second algorithms. A dispatching system is adapted to forward the alarm message to an alarm destination according to a third set of rules. The alarm destination expresses an alarm upon receipt of the alarm message.
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37 Claims
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20. A system for reducing audible alarms generated at an infusion pump, the system comprising:
a first computing system configured to interface with an infusion pump and connect over a network to a second computing system, the first computing system comprising one or more hardware processors configured to; receive an alarm condition generated by an infusion pump; transmit the alarm condition generated by the infusion pump to the second computing system over the network; apply the alarm condition to a first set of rules for delaying the alarm; delay, at the infusion pump, an audible alarm corresponding to the received alarm condition for a predetermined time period based on the application of the alarm condition; display, at the infusion pump, a visual indication of the alarm condition; determine that the alarm condition is present after the predetermined time period has elapsed; and generate, at the infusion pump, the audible alarm based on the determination that the alarm condition is present after the predetermined time period has elapse. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for reducing audible alarms generated at an infusion pump, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first computing system connected with an infusion pump, an alarm condition generated by an infusion pump; transmitting the alarm condition generated by the infusion pump from the first computing system to a second computing system over a network; applying the alarm condition to a first set of rules for delaying the alarm; delaying, at the infusion pump, an audible alarm corresponding to the received alarm condition for a predetermined time period based on the application of the alarm condition; displaying, at the infusion pump, a visual indication of the alarm condition; determining that the alarm condition is present after the predetermined time period has elapsed; and generating, at the infusion pump, the audible alarm based on the determination that the alarm condition is present after the predetermined time period has elapse. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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