Granted Patent B2

US 12,380,982 · App. 18/644,594 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventor: Christopher E. Kohlbrecher (Poway, CA)

Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.

G16H20/17A61M5/142A61M5/172G16H40/67A61M2005/14208A61M2205/18A61M2205/3561A61M2205/3584A61M2205/3592A61M2205/50A61M2205/502A61M2205/52A61M2205/6054A61M2205/6072

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A system configured to identify and reject an unacceptable infusion program, the system comprising:

a first computer comprising a computer network interface; and

an infusion pump configured to communicate with said first computer using said computer network interface, the infusion pump configured to:

determine infusion program settings of an auto-program are inconsistent with drug library settings;

display an error message or a suggested action on a display screen of the infusion pump;

determine no response is received within a predetermined amount of time; and

automatically reject the auto-program after the predetermined amount of time.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the response comprises selection of a button by a user.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the suggested action comprises waiting for screen to automatically dismiss after the predetermined amount of time.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the auto-program is unable to be transmitted to said infusion pump such that the auto-program becomes a stale auto-program.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the infusion pump is further configured to:

receive the stale auto-program,

receive a manual infusion program, and

execute said manual infusion program.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said manual infusion program is provided in a drug library stored at said infusion pump.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the infusion pump is further configured to:

compare said stale auto-program to said manual infusion program, wherein said comparison is based on one or more infusion parameters,

determine differences between said stale auto-program and said manual infusion program based on the one or more infusion parameters are within a predefined tolerance, and

continue to execute said manual infusion program on said infusion pump.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said first computer is further configured to save said differences between said manual infusion program and said stale auto-program to a remote server.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein said first computer is further configured to generate a report from said comparison of said manual infusion program and said stale auto-program, wherein said report comprises one or more of a time differential between completion time of said manual infusion program and a completion time of said stale auto-program, a scoring of accuracy comprising an acceptability level of said manual infusion program, and a rating of a caregiver.

10. The system of claim 5 , wherein said first computer is further configured to compare said manual infusion program to said stale auto-program to determine a scoring of accuracy comprising an acceptability level of said manual infusion program.

11. The system of claim 5 , wherein the suggested action comprises at least one of a modification to the auto-program, perform an action suggested at the infusion pump, or reject or clear the error message.

12. A method for identifying and rejecting an unacceptable infusion program at an infusion pump comprising:

determining infusion program settings of an auto-program are inconsistent with drug library settings;

generating an error message and a suggested action based on the determination that the infusion program settings are inconsistent with the drug library settings;

displaying the error message and the suggested action on a display screen of the infusion pump;

determining no response is received within a predetermined amount of time; and

automatically rejecting the auto-program after the predetermined amount of time.

13. The method of claim 12 ,

receiving the auto-program from a remote source, wherein said auto-program comprises infusion program settings; and

queuing said auto-program when said auto-program is unable to be transmitted to said infusion pump, wherein said queued auto-program becomes a stale auto-program.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving a manual infusion program; and

executing said manual infusion program.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising saving said manual infusion program in a drug library stored at said infusion pump.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

comparing said stale auto-program to said manual infusion program, wherein said comparison is based on one or more infusion parameters;

determining that differences between said stale auto-program and said manual infusion program based on the one or more infusion parameters are within a predefined tolerance; and

continuing to execute said manual infusion program on said infusion pump.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising saving said differences to a remote server.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising saving a first event alert indicating the manual infusion program as an acceptable potential match.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising saving a second event alert indicating the auto-program as an un-executed program.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein said stale auto-program comprises IV drug container information, infusion pump information, and infusion program settings.

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