US 12,064,596 B2
Flushing a fluid line from a medical pump
Ricky L. Ledford, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Sachin Kumar Choudhary, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Lori Lynette Patoros, Simi Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,544.
Application 14/508,657 is a division of application No. 12/974,473, filed on Dec. 21, 2010, granted, now 8,876,793, issued on Nov. 4, 2014.
Application 17/556,544 is a continuation of application No. 16/176,402, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,224,692.
Application 16/176,402 is a continuation of application No. 14/508,657, filed on Oct. 7, 2014, granted, now 10,143,800, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/388,955, filed on Oct. 1, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160961 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1684 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14 (2013.01); A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61M 5/168 (2013.01); A61M 2005/1403 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0018 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing fluid in a fluid line with a medical pump configured to execute a pumping procedure, the method comprising:
comparing an outer diameter of a syringe to an outer syringe diameter associated with a syringe profile saved in a syringe profile library, the syringe profile library having a dynamic syringe profile library and a static syringe profile library; and
when the outer diameter of the syringe matches the outer syringe diameter associated with a syringe profile, performing the pumping procedure according to the syringe profile.