Medical pump with operator-authorization awareness
First Claim
1. A programmable medical pump comprising:
- a housing;
a pump supported by the housing to receive an IV line and to pump medicament therethrough;
at least one sensor supported by the housing to monitor a flow of the medicament through the IV line when received within the pump;
a short range communication device configured to not operate wirelessly at distances greater than one meter; and
a mobile device with a user interface including a screen and a keypad communicating through short range communication with the pump to deliver a flow rate and delivery volume of the medicament to operate the pump;
wherein the pump further receives an indication of authorization level associated with a subset of permitted operations of the pump and accepts commands through the mobile device only if those commands are within the subset of permitted operations of the pump associated with the received indication of authorization level; and
wherein pump commands and indication of authorization level must be received from the same, single mobile device.
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Abstract
A medical pump for delivering medicament through an IV line to a patient may provide for awareness of the operator and operator authority limiting access by any individual to particular tasks of procedure review, pump programming, pump loading, patient set up, pump operation, and the like associated with the treatment provided by the medical pump. Identifying the operator allows the assignment of particular authority levels to the operators to ensure proper operation of the medical pump, and/or proper operators have made the necessary review to perform the necessary set up of the medical pump facilitating collaborative healthcare delivery. A record of operator intervention and authority levels may be logged to permit an automatic checklist process by the medical pump. Authentication process and pump operation parameters can be communicated through Near Field Communication (NFC).
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15 Claims
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1. A programmable medical pump comprising:
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a housing; a pump supported by the housing to receive an IV line and to pump medicament therethrough; at least one sensor supported by the housing to monitor a flow of the medicament through the IV line when received within the pump; a short range communication device configured to not operate wirelessly at distances greater than one meter; and a mobile device with a user interface including a screen and a keypad communicating through short range communication with the pump to deliver a flow rate and delivery volume of the medicament to operate the pump; wherein the pump further receives an indication of authorization level associated with a subset of permitted operations of the pump and accepts commands through the mobile device only if those commands are within the subset of permitted operations of the pump associated with the received indication of authorization level; and wherein pump commands and indication of authorization level must be received from the same, single mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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