MEDICAL INFUSION PUMP COMMUNICATION AND PROGRAMMING WITH COMPUTING DEVICES
Methods of monitoring use and displaying information from a medical infusion pump are disclosed. A method includes a computing device receiving information relating to operation of the medical infusion pump and displaying the information. The information can be displayed in a plurality of stacked windows, each having a tab that is selectable to make that window the active window in which a user can view and edit information.
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16 . A method, comprising:
providing a medical infusion pump, the medical infusion pump associated with a specific user; and
providing software operable on a computing device, wherein the software is adapted to:
receive information relating to operation of the medical infusion pump by the user through a connection between the medical infusion pump and the computing device; and
display information received from the medical infusion pump on a user interface presented on a display,
wherein the user interface includes a plurality of stacked windows, each window having a corresponding tab that is displayed on the user interface adjacent the tabs of the other windows, each tab being selectable to bring the window corresponding to that tab to a top of the stack as an active window in which a user can view and edit information while the windows corresponding to the other tabs remain in the background.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the software is further adapted to generate a report relating to use of the medical infusion pump by the user.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the software is adapted to display the report on the display.
19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the report includes information regarding delivery of boluses of medicament provided by the medical infusion pump.
20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the report includes information regarding basal delivery of medicament provided by the medical infusion pump.
21 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the report includes information regarding alarms provided by the medical infusion pump.
22 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the information includes historical information relating to use of the medical infusion pump by the user.
23 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the software is further adapted to display information received from the medical infusion pump in a graphical format on the display.
24 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the software is further adapted to receive information from a plurality of medical infusion pumps associated with a plurality of different users.
25 . The method of claim 24 , where a window corresponding to a specific user of the plurality of users can be made the active window by selecting a name of the specific user on the user interface.
26 . The method of claim 16 , wherein providing a medical infusion pump includes providing an insulin pump.
27 . A method of monitoring use of a medical infusion pump, comprising:
receiving at a computing device information from a medical infusion pump associated with a specific user relating to operation of the medical infusion pump by the user, the information received through a connection between the medical infusion pump and the computing device; and
displaying the information received from the medical infusion pump on a user interface presented on a display communicatively coupled with the computing device,
wherein the user interface includes a plurality of stacked windows, each window having a corresponding tab that is displayed on the user interface adjacent the tabs of the other windows, each tab being selectable to bring the window corresponding to that tab to a top of the stack as an active window in which a user can view and edit information while the windows corresponding to the other tabs remain in the background.
28 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising generating a report relating to use of the medical infusion pump by the user.
29 . The method of claim 28 , further comprising displaying the report on the display.
30 . The method of claim 28 , wherein the report includes information selected from the group consisting of: delivery of boluses of medicament provided by the medical infusion pump, basal delivery of medicament provided by the medical infusion pump, and alarms provided by the medical infusion pump.
31 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the information includes historical information relating to use of the medical infusion pump by the user.
32 . The method of claim 27 , wherein displaying the information includes displaying the information in a graphical format.
33 . The method of claim 27 , further comprising receiving information from a plurality of medical infusion pumps associated with a plurality of different users.
34 . The method of claim 33 , where a window corresponding to a specific user of the plurality of users can be made the active window by selecting a name of the specific user on the user interface.
35 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the medical infusion pump is an insulin pump.
36 . A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computing device to perform the method of claim 27 .