Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the level of medication
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1. A method for automatically controlling the level of a patient'"'"'s medication administered from a programmable infusion pump, comprising:
- programming the infusion pump with a medication algorithm;
initiating an evaluation of the patient'"'"'s medication;
obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s condition;
obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s current medication;
evaluating the patient'"'"'s current medication and condition with the medication algorithm; and
controlling administration of the patient'"'"'s medication based on the evaluation.
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A method and apparatus which captures relevant information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s physiological conditions, automatically adjusts the amount of medication to optimize the treatment of pain and improve the patient'"'"'s quality of life is described.
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1. A method for automatically controlling the level of a patient'"'"'s medication administered from a programmable infusion pump, comprising:
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programming the infusion pump with a medication algorithm;
initiating an evaluation of the patient'"'"'s medication;
obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s condition;
obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s current medication;
evaluating the patient'"'"'s current medication and condition with the medication algorithm; and
controlling administration of the patient'"'"'s medication based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A routine for operating an infusion pump to automatically control the level of a patient'"'"'s medication, the infusion pump comprising a controller for executing the routine and a memory for storing the routine, responsive to a request for an evaluation of the patient'"'"'s current medication;
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a set of patient-specific, predetermined ranges of medication stored in the memory;
a procedure for obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s pain level and storing the patient'"'"'s pain level information automatically;
a procedure for obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s side effects and storing the patient'"'"'s side effect information automatically;
a procedure for obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s impairment of functionalities and storing the patient'"'"'s impairment of functionalities information automatically;
a procedure for obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s current medication;
a procedure for evaluating stored information of the patient'"'"'s current medication, pain level, side effects and impaired functionalities with the stored set of patient-specific, predetermined ranges of medication; and
a procedure for automatically modifying delivery of the patient'"'"'s medication based on the evaluation.
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9. An infusion pump for administering a liquid medicant to a patients comprising:
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a liquid injection device adapted to be connected to the patient;
a conduit connected to the liquid injection device;
a pumping mechanism for pumping the liquid medicant through the conduit and into the patient via the liquid injection device;
a controller for controlling the pumping mechanism, wherein the controller controls the amount of liquid medicant administered to the patient;
a memory storing a set of patient-specific, predetermined rates and amounts of liquid medicant to be administered to the patient;
a data acquiring routine for obtaining information pertaining to the patient'"'"'s pain level, side effects and impairment of functionalities; and
a control routine for processing the data pertaining to the patient'"'"'s pain level, the patient'"'"'s side effects, the patient'"'"'s impairment of functionalities, and a current rate and amount of liquid medicant being administered to the patient and for automatically changing the rate and amount of the liquid medicant to be administered to the patient in accordance with the set of patient-specific, predetermined ranges of medication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically controlling the level of a patient'"'"'s medication administered from a programmable infusion pump, comprising:
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programming the infusion pump with a set of patient specific, predetermined ranges of medication;
evaluating the patient'"'"'s current medication and recording the patient'"'"'s current medication in the infusion pump;
evaluating the patient'"'"'s physiological conditions and recording the patient'"'"'s physiological conditions in the infusion pump; and
controlling administration of the patient'"'"'s medication based on the evaluation of the patient'"'"'s current medication and physiological conditions as compared with the programmed predetermined ranges of medication. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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