IP Library Granted Patent US 7,490,021
Granted Patent B2
US 7,490,021 · App. 10/783,642 · Granted Feb 10, 2009

Method for adjusting pump screen brightness

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Patent No.
US 7,490,021
App. No.
10/783,642
Granted
Feb 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for dynamically adjusting the screen brightness of a pump screen display. The method includes providing a medical pump including a screen display having a first screen brightness and a second screen brightness. The method further includes providing a medication management unit operatively connected to the medical pump where the medication management unit is configured to transmit operating instructions to the medical pump. The operating instructions transmittable from the medication management unit to the medical pump include instructions to display the first screen brightness during daytime hours and instructions to display the second screen brightness during nighttime hours. The method also includes determining a time of day using the medication management unit and transmitting from the medication management unit to the medical pump instructions to display the first or second screen brightness.

Claims (6)

1. A method for dynamically adjusting the screen brightness of a pump screen display, comprising the steps of:

providing a medical pump comprising a screen display, the screen display having a first screen brightness and a second screen brightness;

providing a medication management unit operatively connected to said medical pump, said medication management unit configured to transmit operating instructions to said medical pump, said operating instructions comprising instructions to display said first screen brightness during daytime hours and instructions to display said second screen brightness during nighttime hours;

determining a current time of day using said medication management unit; and

transmitting instructions from said medication management unit to said screen display to display said first screen brightness or said second screen brightness based upon the determined time of day.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first screen brightness is brighter than said second screen brightness.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 059618/0412 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058026/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2017
From: HOSPIRA, INC.
To: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 041672/0001 →