US 12,280,239 B2
Patient care system for critical medications
William Kenneth Day, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Assigned to ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed by ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,227.
Application 18/184,227 is a continuation of application No. 16/672,928, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,623,042.
Application 16/672,928 is a continuation of application No. 13/955,121, filed on Jul. 31, 2013, granted, now 10,463,788, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/677,736, filed on Jul. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285669 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/172 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 5/172 (2013.01) [G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/44 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an infusion pump configured to deliver a drug to a patient, the method comprising:
including a stored trigger condition, in a graphical user interface, for the drug designated as a critical medicine where a fail-operate mode during the delivery of the drug can be selected in the graphical user interface;
receiving a user selection for an activation of the fail-operate mode for the stored trigger condition;
determining whether an alarm condition for the stored trigger condition that was selected by the user for the activation of the fail-operate mode is activated; and
in response to the determination that the alarm condition is activated, generating an alarm corresponding to the alarm condition and continuing the delivery of the drug during the alarm condition based on the user selection for the activation of the fail-operate mode for the stored trigger condition.