×

Medical pump providing customizable programming permissions

  • US 9,378,334 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2012
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of managing patient drug infusions for a patient using a medical pump of a type having a housing;

  • a pump supported by the housing to receive an IV line therethrough, the IV line attached to a pre-loaded drug container;

    a carrier configured to hold the housing the IV line and the pre-loaded drug container during transport wherein the carrier is sized to fit within and operate with a pneumatic air tube delivery system providing a six inch internal diameter, the carrier being part of a pneumatic cartridge;

    at least one sensor supported by the housing to monitor a flow of material through the IV line when received within the medical pump, and an electronic computer attached to the pump and supported by the housing and having a memory holding a stored program wherein the electronic computer executes the stored program fixed in non-transitory media and communicates with the pump and at least one sensor to allow programming of at least a portion of the pump parameters based upon an order for a drug infusion for the patient, including a drug identification and a patient identification, controlling operation of the medical pump by a first user and to allow selectively restricting change in the programming of pump parameters by the first user from a second user;

    the method comprising the steps of;

    (a) receiving by a first individual, at a first work area, an order for a drug infusion for the patient providing the drug identification, the patient identification, and infusion parameters;

    (b) programming the medical pump with the pump parameters;

    (c) programming the medical pump to restrict subsequent programming of selected pump parameters by a second user wherein the restricting of subsequent programming parameters hides restricted pump parameters from the second user;

    (d) loading the pump into the carrier;

    (e) transporting the programmed medical pump to a second individual and the patient at a second work area remote from the first work area;

    (f) displaying the patient identification on a visual display; and

    (g) activating the medical pump by the second individual according to its previous programming by the first individual wherein the second individual must confirm by a manual input a match between the patient and the patient identification displayed on the visual display and a match between a local drug identification and the programmed drug identification before allowing operation of the selectable pump parameters received by the programming of the first individual while preventing a change in the programming by the second individual.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×