Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library
First Claim
1. A drug infusion pump for use with a container containing a particular drug, said pump comprising:
- a pump mechanism which during operation causes the particular drug to be delivered to a patient from the container;
a programmable controller controlling the pump mechanism;
an electronically loadable memory inside the pump, said electronically loadable memory storing a drug library;
input circuitry through which the electronically loadable memory is electronically loaded with said drug library, said drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters for configuring the drug infusion pump;
a user interface enabling a user to program the programmable controller, said user interface comprising;
means for enabling the user to select a drug entry from the electronically loaded drug library; and
means for configuring the programmable controller with the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the selected drug entry.
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Abstract
A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
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25 Claims
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1. A drug infusion pump for use with a container containing a particular drug, said pump comprising:
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a pump mechanism which during operation causes the particular drug to be delivered to a patient from the container; a programmable controller controlling the pump mechanism; an electronically loadable memory inside the pump, said electronically loadable memory storing a drug library; input circuitry through which the electronically loadable memory is electronically loaded with said drug library, said drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters for configuring the drug infusion pump; a user interface enabling a user to program the programmable controller, said user interface comprising; means for enabling the user to select a drug entry from the electronically loaded drug library; and means for configuring the programmable controller with the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the selected drug entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A drug infusion pump for use with a container containing a given drug, said container including a machine readable label, the label specifying an identifier of the given drug and possibly other information about the given drug, said pump comprising:
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a pump mechanism which during operation causes the given drug to be delivered to a patient from the container; a programmable controller controlling the pump mechanism; a memory storing a drug library, said drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters for configuring the drug infusion pump; a label reader which during use reads the contents of the label on the container; means responsive to the label reader for identifying an entry in the drug library that corresponds to the given drug; means for configuring the programmable controller by using the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the identified entry from the drug library; and means for causing the controller to run the pump mechanism using the set of drug delivery parameters associated with the identified entry from the drug library. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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