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Detecting and responding to software and hardware anomalies in a fluid delivery system

  • US 9,940,440 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2011
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a total dose of a therapeutic agent to be delivered to a patient by an infusion device over a total period of time;

    automatically determining a plurality of individual unit dose segments from the total dose, each of the individual unit dose segments being equal to a respective fraction of the total dose, and each of the individual unit dose segments configured to be delivered to the patient by the infusion device over a respective unit period of time equal to a respective fraction of the total period of time;

    automatically programming the infusion device to deliver to the patient one individual unit dose segment of the plurality of individual unit dose segments over its respective unit period of time;

    delivering to the patient, by the infusion device, the one individual unit dose segment; and

    determining whether an error has occurred in delivering the one individual unit dose segment to the patient.

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