Processing program data for medical pumps
First Claim
1. A method for controlling the operation of a medical pump including creating a library of pump data on a computer having a database, the pump data being organized into sets of program data, each set of program data being available for batch downloading to the medical pump and including data items for controlling operation of the medical pump, the method comprising:
- entering a plurality of data items into a database in the computer, the plurality of data items forming a set of program data, at least some of the data items being individualized, patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of an application program previously loaded onto a medical pump for a specific patient;
batch downloading the plurality of data items from the database into memory within the pump to set parameters on the previously loaded application program of the pump, at least some of the data items batch downloaded into memory being individualized, patient-specific parameters, batch downloading comprising downloading at least two parameters without intervention from a user after batch downloading is initiated; and
controlling operation of the pump with the previously loaded application program based on one or more of the data items.
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Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining a library of program data for medical pumps, the apparatus comprising: memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records and a plurality of data key records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database for controlling operation of a medical pump, each data key record containing a data key and each data key identifying one of the data program records; a database management system programmed to link a data key to a set of program data; and a scanner in data communication with the database management system, the database management system being further programmed to receive a code scanned by the scanner, save the code in a data key record, and link the code to a set of program data, the code being a data key.
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41 Claims
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1. A method for controlling the operation of a medical pump including creating a library of pump data on a computer having a database, the pump data being organized into sets of program data, each set of program data being available for batch downloading to the medical pump and including data items for controlling operation of the medical pump, the method comprising:
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entering a plurality of data items into a database in the computer, the plurality of data items forming a set of program data, at least some of the data items being individualized, patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of an application program previously loaded onto a medical pump for a specific patient; batch downloading the plurality of data items from the database into memory within the pump to set parameters on the previously loaded application program of the pump, at least some of the data items batch downloaded into memory being individualized, patient-specific parameters, batch downloading comprising downloading at least two parameters without intervention from a user after batch downloading is initiated; and controlling operation of the pump with the previously loaded application program based on one or more of the data items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for maintaining a library of program data for medical pumps having a memory, the apparatus comprising:
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memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database being individualized, patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of a medical pump for a specific patient; an information management system including a database management system programmed to batch download data items from the database to memory within the medical pump, the batch downloaded data items comprising at least one or more of the patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of the medical pump, batch-down loading comprising downloading at least two parameters without intervention from the user after batch downloading is initiated, and wherein the information management system is further configured to access a client record database that includes patient data personal to the patient and to automatically retrieve patient data from the client record database for downloading to the pump together with the program data items. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for batch programming a medical pump, the apparatus comprising:
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memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database being individualized, patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of a medical pump for a specific patient; a data output configured for data communication with a programmable medical pump; and a processor in electrical communication with the memory and the data output, the processor configured to retrieve a set of program data from the database and patient data personal to the patient from a client record database and batch download the set of program data and patient data to the medical pump, batch downloading comprising downloading at least two parameters without intervention from a user after batch downloading is initiated. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for batch programming a medical pump, the method comprising:
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selecting a set of program data stored on a computer, the set of program data including individualized, patient-specific parameters for controlling operation of an application program previously loaded onto a medical pump for a specific patient; and batch downloading the set of program data from the computer to memory of the medical pump to set parameters on the previously loaded application program of the medical pump, at least some of the program data batch downloaded to the memory being individualized, patient-specific parameters, wherein the set of program data is downloaded to the medical pump without intervening action by a user after the first data item is downloaded to the computer, batch downloading comprising downloading at least two parameters without intervention from a user. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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