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Medical treatment apparatus and method

  • US 5,895,371 A
  • Filed: 08/27/1996
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical treatment apparatus, comprising:

  • programmable medical treatment means for automatically administering a medical treatment directly to a patient, said programmable medical treatment means being disposed at a first room location, said programmable medical treatment means comprising;

    a liquid injection device adapted to be connected to the patient;

    a conduit connected to said liquid injection device;

    a pumping mechanism for pumping a liquid drug through said conduit and into said patient via said liquid injection device; and

    a controller for controlling said pumping mechanism;

    a sensor for detecting a medical condition of the patient, said sensor being disposed at said first room location and being connected to the patient and to the programmable treatment means;

    wherein said programmable treatment means further comprises a memory storing medical condition data relating to said medical condition of the patient detected by said sensor;

    a remote controller for controlling said programmable medical treatment means, said remote controller being disposed at a second room location remote from said first room location at which said programmable medical treatment means is disposed, said remote controller comprising means for controlling said programmable medical treatment means to allow said medical treatment being administered to the patient to be changed;

    remote monitoring means operatively coupled to said sensor via said programmable medical treatment means effective for retrieving said stored medical condition data from said memory for monitoring said medical condition detected by said sensor, said remote monitoring means being disposed at said second room location; and

    means for transmitting said stored medical condition data relating to said medical condition of the patient detected by said sensor from said first room location to said remote monitoring means at said second room location.

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