PROCESSING PROGRAM DATA FOR MEDICAL PUMPS
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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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21. A medical infusion pump, comprising:
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a pump mechanism adapted to pump fluid to a patient; a user interface adapted to receive input from and display information to the patient; a processor operably connected to and adapted to control the pump mechanism and the user interface; a communications port adapted to establish connections with external devices through at least a wireless connection; and a communications sensor, the communications sensor adapted to automatically detect when an external device establishes a connection with the communications port. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36)
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31. A medical infusion pump, comprising:
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a pump mechanism adapted to pump fluid to a patient; a user interface including an input and a display; a communications port; a communications sensor; and a processor operably connected to the pump mechanism to control operation of the pump mechanism, the user interface, the communications port and the communications sensor, the processor adapted to; receive a communication from the communications sensor that the communications sensor has automatically detected that an external device has established a connection with the communications port; and communicate with the external device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 37, 38)
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39. A method of determining a connection to a medical pump, comprising:
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detecting with a communications sensor that a wireless connection has been made at a communications port of a medical pump by an external device; communicating with the external device; receiving a communication from the external device in response to the communication with the external device; and determining at least one characteristic of the external device from the communication received from the external device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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