Processing program data for medical pumps

• US 9,135,393 B1
• Filed: 08/02/2000
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): PAULS, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US09/631,000
• Time in Patent Office: 5,522 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 4, 600/300, 180/98, 364/413.02, 128/630, 604/31, 395/610, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/172 electrical or electronic A61M5/16804, A61M5/16831 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/10 Program control for peripheral devices G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

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.

Claims

1. A patient care system comprising:

a medical infusion pump adapted to pump fluid to a patient, the medical infusion pump including a memory comprising a previously loaded application program for controlling operation of the pump;

a network communicatively coupled with the medical infusion pump and a database, the database comprising a plurality of program data records and a plurality of patient-specific data key records, wherein at least one patient-specific data key record is associated with at least one program data record in the database; and

an input device communicatively coupled with the medical infusion pump and adapted to receive patient-specific data corresponding to at least one patient-specific data key record stored in the database,

wherein the program data record associated with the corresponding patient-specific data key record is communicated from the database to the memory of the medical infusion pump, the program data record comprising one or more operating parameters configured to control the previously loaded application program.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the patient-specific data key record contains a data key and each data key identifies at least one program data record.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data key is an I.D. embodied in a bar code associated with at least one of:

the patient;

a drug prescribed to the patient; and

a therapy prescribed to the patient.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data key is an alphanumeric character string associated with at least one of:

the patient;

a drug prescribed to the patient; and

a therapy prescribed to the patient.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the program data record contains program data comprising parameters about the patient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the parameters about the patient are at least one of:

the patient'"'"'s age;

the patient'"'"'s weight;

a prescribed delivery schedule;

a prescribed dose requirement; and

parameters limiting the size and frequency of a bolus that the patient can self administer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the program data record is created by a pharmacist.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the input device is a scanner.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the scanner is hand-held.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the scanner is adapted to scan a barcode on at least one of:

an I.V. bag;

a medicine package; and

a patient wristband.