US 12,257,418 B2
Infusion pump control method, infusion pump and tube cassette for fluid delivery
Freddie Eng Hwee Lee, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to EPIC MEDICAL PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by EPIC MEDICAL PTE LTD, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/682,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,136, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0147303 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/16877 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14232 (2013.01); A61M 5/16831 (2013.01); A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 5/365 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1402 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16863 (2013.01); A61M 2205/12 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3379 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6063 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6072 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An infusion pump control method comprising:
automatically downloading an information of a fluid delivery specification, including a flow rate under which the fluid delivery is to be carried out;
displaying the information of the fluid delivery specification at a user interface of the infusion pump;
after the displaying step, receiving a first response signal via the user interface, wherein the first response signal includes one of an affirmative indication of accepting the flow rate and a negative indication of rejecting the flow rate; and
operating the infusion pump according to the first response signal,
wherein operating the infusion pump is allowed only after having received, via the user interface, the affirmative indication of accepting the flow rate displayed at the user interface, and wherein manual entry of the flow rate is disabled by the infusion pump at all times after the displaying step.