INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL INFUSION PUMP

• US 20120172802A1
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. (Smiths Group International Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Blomquist, Michael L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,952,794 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/151
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/14208 with a programmable infusion control system, characterised by the infusion program
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

An apparatus for indicating a change in operation of a medical infusion pump. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store an original pump parameter and a current pump parameter. The apparatus further includes a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory, the programmable circuit programmed to display the original pump parameter and the current pump parameter. A method indicates a change in operation of a medical infusion pump.

Claims

1. A system for reporting operating characteristics of a medical infusion pump, the system comprising:

a medical infusion pump configured to store at least one operating characteristic related to operation of the medical infusion pump;

a server configured to receive the at least one operating characteristic from the medical infusion pump and generate a report based on the at least one operating characteristic; and

a communications link operably coupling the medical infusion pump and the server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one operating characteristic is at least one of a drug concentration, a demand dose, a reservoir volume, a drug amount given, a drug delivery rate, a drug capacity, a remaining capacity, a bolus level, a bolus occurrence, an alarm occurrence, an alarm frequency, an alarm threshold, a delivery period, or a lock level.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the report can be viewed, printed, saved, or discarded by a user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the report is customizable by a user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the report is generated by comparing the at least one operating characteristic against an original operating characteristic.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to receive secondary data from the medical infusion pump of at least one of prescription settings, an event log, a patient history, and a reported pain scale, and the report is at least partially generated based on the secondary data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the report is generated while the medical infusion pump is delivering therapy.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the report is generated after the medical infusion pump has delivered therapy.

9. The system of claim 1, further including a second medical device, wherein the server is further configured to receive data related to the second medical device, and the report is at least partially generated based on the data related to the second medical device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications link is a wired connection.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the communications link is at least one of USB, RS-232, Firewire, or power-line modem connection.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications link is a wireless connection.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the communications link is at least one of Bluetooth, 802.11/a/b/g, infrared (IR), or radio frequency (RF).

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the medical infusion pump is an insulin pump, and the report is related to managing diabetes.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the communications link further comprises an intermediary computer device, the intermediary computer device configured to communicate with the medical infusion pump and the server.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the server comprises a hand held computer or a personal computing system.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising viewing the report.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising at least one of printing, saving, or discarding the report.

17. A method of reporting medical infusion pump operating characteristics from a medical infusion pump configured to store at least one operating characteristic related to the operation of the medical infusion pump, the method comprising:

connecting, via a communications link, a medical infusion pump to a server, the server configured to receive the at least one operating characteristic;

uploading the at least one operating characteristic from the medical infusion pump to the server; and

generating, by the server, a report based on the at least one operating characteristic.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one operating characteristic is at least one of a drug concentration, a demand dose, a reservoir volume, a drug amount given, a drug delivery rate, a drug capacity, a remaining capacity, a bolus level, a bolus occurrence, an alarm occurrence, an alarm frequency, an alarm threshold, a delivery period, or a lock level.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising connecting a second medical device via the communications link.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising uploading, to the server, data related to the second medical device.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein generating a report further comprises generating the report at least partially based on the data related to the second medical device

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the communications link is a wired connection.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the communications link is at least one of USB, RS-232, Firewire, or power-line modem connection.

26. The method of claim 17, wherein the communications link is a wireless connection.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the communications link is at least one of Bluetooth, 802.11/a/b/g, infrared (IR), or radio frequency (RF).

28. The method of claim 17, further comprising connecting, via the communications link, an intermediary computer device, the intermediary computer device configured to communicate with the medical infusion pump and the server, wherein uploading the at least one operating characteristic from the medical infusion pump to the server further comprises uploading through the intermediary computer device.

29. An apparatus for indicating apparatus status information to a user, the apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a global control parameter;

a monitor;

a programmable circuit in electrical communication with the memory and the monitor, the programmable circuit programmed to display on the monitor a global control parameter heading.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the global control parameter heading comprises at least one of profile settings, alert settings, pump settings, and pump info.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the global control parameter heading is selectable and the programmable circuit is further configured to receive a selection indication on a global control parameter heading and subsequently display the global control parameter data related to the selected global control parameter heading.