Method for intravenous feeding of a patient

• US 4,091,810 A
• Filed: 09/27/1976
• Issued: 05/30/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Valleylab Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Valleylab Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Lundquist, Ingemar H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/727,294
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 128/214 R, 128/214 E, 128/214 F, 128/214.2, 128/DIG. 12, 128/DIG. 13
• US Class Current: 604/507
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14224 Diaphragm type

Abstract

Method for intravenous feeding of a patient by a pump and a pump actuator which is provided with readily insertable and removable cams which control the number of pump strokes per unit of time and also the amount of intravenous fluid injected by each stroke in accordance with a prescription of intravenous fluid placed in a container. A predetermined prescription of intravenous fluid is prepared and placed in a container. The container and a cam which is tailored to the requirements of the prescription in the container is delivered to the patient. The cam is placed on the pump actuator. The container is connected to the pump and the pump is connected to a vein of the patient. The pump actuator is operated by the use of the cam to operate the pump to supply the prescribed intravenous liquid in the container to the patient in accordance with the prescription.

Claims

1. The method of providing for a "fail-safe" intravenous feeding of a patient which comprises:

(a) providing at the bedside of the patient an intravenous feeding pump and a pump actuator having a readily insertable and removable cam which controls the number of pump strokes per unit of time and also the amount injected by each stroke;

(b) preparing at a place remote from the patient and in a suitable container the proper amount of material to be injected into the veins of the patient and providing at such place a cam adapted to provide the prescribed feeding rate to the patient;

(c) transporting the said material to be injected and the said cam to the bedside of the patient;

(d) connecting the said container of material to be injected to said pump and placing the said cam in said actuator; and

(e) filling the pump with material to be injected and connecting said pump to a vein of the patient.

2. In a method for intravenous feeding of a patient by a pump and a pump actuator which is provided with readily insertable and removable cams which control the number of pump strokes per unit of time and also the amount of intravenous fluid injected by each stroke in accordance with a prescription of intravenous fluid placed in a container, preparing a predetermined prescription of intravenous fluid and placing it in a container, delivering the container and a cam which is tailored to the requirements of the prescription in the container to the patient, placing the cam on the pump actuator, connecting the container to the pump, connecting the pump to a vein of the patient and operating the pump actuator by the use of the cam to operate the pump to supply the prescribed intravenous liquid in the container to the patient in accordance with the prescription.