Updating syringe profiles for a syringe pump
First Claim
1. A method of updating a syringe pump for operation with a plurality of syringes to be used in a facility or portion thereof, the syringe pump adapted to support a syringe having a plunger therein, the syringe pump having a piston drive adapted to couple to the plunger, a processor operably coupled to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory adapted to store a plurality of syringe profiles for a plurality of different syringes, each syringe profile containing data for use by the processor to control movement of the piston drive in relation to a respective syringe in order to expel fluid therefrom at a rate, the method comprising:
- with a computing system containing a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the syringe pump could be used, culling from the database a plurality of syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the syringe pump within the facility or portion thereof; and
updating the memory of the syringe pump while in the facility with the culled plurality of syringe profiles whereby to update the syringe pump for operation with the syringes to be used with the syringe pump in the facility or portion thereof.
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Abstract
A method and system to update a syringe pump is provided. The pump supports a syringe having a plunger and includes a piston drive to couple to the plunger, a processor to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory to store syringe profiles for different syringes. Each syringe profile contains data for the processor to control the piston drive to expel fluid from a respective syringe at a rate. The method includes, with a computing system containing a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the pump could be used, culling from the database a syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the pump within the facility or portion thereof, and updating the memory of the pump while in the facility with the culled syringe profiles whereby to update the pump for operation with syringes to be used with the syringe pump.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of updating a syringe pump for operation with a plurality of syringes to be used in a facility or portion thereof, the syringe pump adapted to support a syringe having a plunger therein, the syringe pump having a piston drive adapted to couple to the plunger, a processor operably coupled to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory adapted to store a plurality of syringe profiles for a plurality of different syringes, each syringe profile containing data for use by the processor to control movement of the piston drive in relation to a respective syringe in order to expel fluid therefrom at a rate, the method comprising:
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with a computing system containing a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the syringe pump could be used, culling from the database a plurality of syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the syringe pump within the facility or portion thereof; and updating the memory of the syringe pump while in the facility with the culled plurality of syringe profiles whereby to update the syringe pump for operation with the syringes to be used with the syringe pump in the facility or portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for updating a syringe pump, comprising:
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a syringe pump for operation with a plurality of syringes to be used in a facility or portion thereof, the syringe pump adapted to support a syringe having a plunger therein, the syringe pump having a piston drive adapted to couple to the plunger, a processor operably coupled to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory adapted to store a plurality of syringe profiles for a plurality of different syringes, each syringe profile containing data for use by the processor to control the movement of the piston drive in relation to a respective syringe in order to expel fluid therefrom at a rate; and a computing system containing a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the syringe pump could be used, the computing system configured to cull from the database a plurality of syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the syringe pump within the facility or portion thereof, wherein the memory of the syringe pump is updated while in the facility with the culled plurality of syringe profiles whereby to update the syringe pump for operation with the syringes to be used with the syringe pump in the facility or portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of updating a syringe pump for operation with a plurality of syringes to be used in a facility or portion thereof, the syringe pump including a housing adapted to support a syringe having a plunger therein, a piston drive adapted to couple to the plunger, a processor operably coupled to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory adapted to store a plurality of syringe profiles for a plurality of different syringes to be used by the syringe pump within a facility or portion thereof, each syringe profile containing data for use by the processor to control movement of the piston drive in relation to a respective syringe in order to expel fluid therefrom at a rate, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the syringe pump within the facility or portion thereof, the plurality of syringe profiles culled from a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the syringe pump could be used; updating the memory of the syringe pump with the culled plurality of syringe profiles whereby to update the syringe pump for operation with the syringes to be used with the syringe pump in the facility or portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A syringe pump, comprising:
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a housing adapted to support a syringe having a plunger therein; a piston drive adapted to couple to the plunger; a processor operably coupled to control movement of the piston drive; a memory adapted to store a plurality of syringe profiles for a plurality of different syringes to be used by the syringe pump within a facility or portion thereof, each syringe profile containing data for use by the processor to control movement of the piston drive in relation to a respective syringe in order to expel fluid therefrom at a rate, the memory further including program code to update the syringe pump, the program code configured to, while the syringe pump is in the facility or portion thereof, receive the plurality of syringe profiles for the syringes to be used by the syringe pump within the facility or portion thereof, the plurality of syringe profiles culled from a database of data correlated to an array of syringes for which the syringe pump could be used, the program code further configured to update the memory of the syringe pump with the culled plurality of syringe profiles whereby to update the syringe pump for operation with the syringes to be used with the syringe pump in the facility or portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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