US 11,986,628 B2
Procedure-based programming for infusion pumps
James B. Drost, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to Smiths Medical ASD, Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,064.
Application 18/150,064 is a division of application No. 15/578,101, granted, now 11,571,513, previously published as PCT/US2016/034007, filed on May 25, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/170,891, filed on Jun. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142584 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 5/172 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14 (2013.01); A61M 5/1408 (2013.01); A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 5/16827 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3576 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a plurality of infusion pumps according to a functional set, the method comprising:
implementing a plurality of infusion pumps, each of the infusion pumps configured to administer medication to a patient;
implementing a drug library, the drug library including at least one functional set defining a set of medications, the at least one functional set grouped according to a hierarchy of operational levels, each operational level in the hierarchy comprising an amount of complexity of detail presented to a user, wherein the amount of complexity of detail is inversely proportional to the operational level at which the at least one functional set appears in the hierarchy;
receiving input data related to one of the at least one functional sets;
obtaining a particular set of infusates from the drug library corresponding to the input data;
programming the plurality of infusion pumps according to the set of infusates; and
infusing the patient with the plurality of infusion pumps.