Intravenous infusion pump with cassette insertion and pump control user interface
Inventors
Cousineau, Robert P. • Klagges-Kingsbury, Kerin L. • Cudney, James L. • Soucy, III, Roger P.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12599716-B2
Publication Date
2026-04-14
Expiration Date
Abstract
Disclosed in some embodiments is an electronic intravenous infusion pump provided with a disposable, insertable pump cartridge that is connectable to one or more intravenous fluid infusion sources, wherein a user interface on a touch display screen interacts with and responds to the user's insertion of the cassette, and/or wherein the pump is enabled to program a course of infusion for a patient based upon information obtained from the inserted cassette and/or the one or more fluid infusion sources connected to the cassette.
Core Innovation
The claims describe a medical infusion pump system comprising an electronic processor, memory, electromechanical pump driver, and electronic display. The display shows repeating graphics or animations illustrating a disposable fluid holder being inserted into the system. After confirming receipt of the holder, the processor stops the illustration and presents an interface for inputting pumping parameters. In multi-driver configurations, touch-sensitive display regions correspond to respective pump drivers with indicators showing their physical locations on the system.
The electronic display further permits a user to input multiple sequential pumping stages having one or more different pumping parameters. The system displays representations of these pumping stages simultaneously and sequentially to denote their order of execution. Drawing descriptions illustrate cassette and fluid-path structures, pump components, sensors, control electronics, two-channel display regions, insertion illustrations, and touch-screen programming interfaces for fluid lines and sequential pumping stages.
Claims Coverage
The supplied relevant claims identify three independent claims: claims 1, 8, and 15, which define three inventive features.
Insertion illustration and parameter interface
Claim 1 covers an electronic processor configured to show repeating graphics or animations illustrating a disposable fluid holder being inserted into the medical infusion pump system, and to stop the illustration and transition to an interface for inputting pumping parameters upon confirming receipt of the holder.
Indicators corresponding to pump-driver locations
Claim 8 covers a touch-sensitive electronic display with first and second display regions corresponding to first and second electromechanical pump drivers, including indicators denoting the respective locations of the drivers on the medical infusion pump system.
Sequential pumping-stage input and display
Claim 15 covers a touch-sensitive electronic display configured to permit user input of multiple pumping stages comprising one or more different pumping parameters to be performed sequentially, and to show representations of the stages simultaneously and sequentially to represent their order of execution.
The three independent claims cover insertion-related display behavior, driver-location indicators across corresponding display regions, and touchscreen input and visual presentation of sequential pumping stages.
Stated Advantages
Not explicitly described in patent.
Documented Applications
A medical infusion pump system for pumping medical fluid through disposable fluid holders connected to fluid lines from fluid source containers.
Touch-screen input and simultaneous sequential display of multiple pumping stages for sequential execution by the medical infusion pump system.
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