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User interface improvements for medical devices

  • US 8,494,879 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2008
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medication management system for configuring a dose back calculation setting, the system comprising:

  • a medication management unit having a processing unit and a storage medium coupled to the processing unit, the storage medium being non-transitory and containing programming code executed by the processing unit to;

    provide a master infuser setup of a drug library at the medication management unit;

    receive a default Dose-Back Calculation setting for the master infuser setup at a user interface of the medication management unit;

    update the drug library with the default Dose-Back Calculation setting; and

    transmit the updated drug library; and

    a programmable medical device for performing an infusion in electronic communication with the medication management unit, the medical device having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory being non-transitory and containing programming code to;

    receive the updated drug library at the medical device;

    receive a drug selection input at a user interface of the medical device;

    determine the default Dose-Back Calculation setting from the updated drug library; and

    operate the medical device in accordance with the determined default Dose-Back Calculation setting,wherein the default Dose-Back Calculation setting controls when volumetric rate for the infusion cannot be entered at the medical device before dose rate for the infusion.

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