Icu Medical Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Here Global B.v.

Hospira, Inc.

Caterpillar Inc.

Xilinx, Inc.

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Anatoly S Belkin

Paul T Kotnik

Timothy Lewis Ruchti

William Kenneth Day

Steve Joseph Lindo

Alex P Hirsbrunner

Kunal Sur

Brian G Markey

John Hicks Dumas, Iii

Robert P Cousineau

Michael Kremliovsky

Gary Mills

Justin Joseph Schmidt

Paul John Foryt

Sumant Ramachandra

Jheroen Pieter Dorenbosch

Kamala D Urs

Meriyan Oruklu

Mohammad M Khair

James Duane Jacobson

Niranjan Nath Segal

Toby Tennent

Robert L Epsom

George Filley

James Price Roman

Andrei T Stratan

Zaffer S Merchant

Ajaykumar R Idnani

Israel A Cimet

Daniel J Coombes

Laura A Christensen

Jennifer Ann Pierce

Shawn Mitchell Folkes

Robert J Epsom

Edward Benyukhis

Charles Smolich

John Hicks Dumas

David L Chavez

Sunil Kumar Chintakindi

Ahmad R Ansari

Arnold Sheynman

Michael G Lowery

Brian David Storm

Ting Lu

Leigh M Chinitz

Tamas Ban

Valy Lev

Jay R Krebs

Kevin Moran

Kam-Wing Li

Daniela Radakovic

Jack Anthony Gipson

Anand Bernard Alen

Sikendar Fidai

Ralph G Riley

Lowell C Hufferd, Iii

Peter P Hux

Steven M Milton

Brandon Hootman

Eric J Philips

Jennnifer A Pierc

Josheph Hoshen

Sandra R Abramson

John H Dumas

Jennifer Pierce

Ajaykumar Idnani

A fail-safe drug infusion system, including a user interface controller (UIC) and at least one pump motor controller (PMC), with protocols that enable the PMC to operate therapy delivery for a limited amount of time if the UIC fails or the communication link between the UIC and the PMC is interrupted. Includes synchronization methods to synchronize the delivery information back to the UIC after the UIC reboots or after the communication link is restored. The PMC may apply intelligent fail-safe drug infusion therapy by temporarily displaying therapy information, for example information normally displayed by the UIC, while taking control of alarm signaling and providing minimal user control of the therapy until the UIC restores itself, the infusion completes normally, or the user stops the infusion. If the PMC becomes inoperable, the UIC may wait for the PMC to reboot, or attempt to switch infusion channels to provide robust drug infusion.

Fail-safe drug infusion therapy system

To detect air in a fluid delivery line of an infusion system, infusion fluid is pumped through a fluid delivery line adjacent to at least one sensor. A signal is transmitted and received using the at least one sensor into and from the fluid delivery line. The at least one sensor is operated, using at least one processor, at a modified frequency which is different than a resonant frequency of the at least one sensor to reduce an amplitude of an output of the signal transmitted from the at least one sensor to a level which is lower than a saturation level of the analog-to-digital converter to avoid over-saturating the analog-to-digital converter. The signal received by the at least one sensor is converted from analog to digital using an analog-to-digital converter. The at least one processor determines whether air is in the fluid delivery line based on the converted digital signal.

Infusion system and method of use which prevents over-saturation of an analog-to-digital converter

An infusion system for being operatively connected to a fluid delivery line and to an infusion container includes a pump, a plurality of different types of sensors connected to the pump or the fluid delivery line, at least one processor, and a memory. The plurality of different types of sensors are configured to indicate whether air is in the fluid delivery line. The memory includes programming code for execution by the at least one processor. The programming code is configured to, based on measurements taken by the plurality of different types of sensors, determine: whether there is air in the fluid delivery line; whether there is a partial occlusion or a total occlusion in the fluid delivery line; or a percentage of the air present in the fluid delivery line or the probability of the air being in the fluid delivery line.

Multi-sensor infusion system for detecting air or an occlusion in the infusion system

A patient care system is disclosed that includes a medical device such as an infusion pump. The medical device generates a data message containing information such as the status of the therapy being delivered, operating data or both. An alarm generating system assesses the data message from the pump and generates an alarm message if certain conditions established by a first set of rules are met. The alarm message is assessed according to a second set of rules as to whether to suppress the alarm message. The data message contains a required input for both the first and second algorithms. A dispatching system is adapted to forward the alarm message to an alarm destination according to a third set of rules. The alarm destination expresses an alarm upon receipt of the alarm message.

Patient care system with conditional alarm forwarding

A method and system for monitoring and managing a remote infusion regimen where a prescribed infusion regimen is provided and compared to subsequent infusion event data to determine if the data falls within predetermined parameters. If the data does not fall within predetermined parameters a monitoring technician, supportive caregiver, patient or some combination thereof are immediately notified so that corrective action may be taken.

System and method of monitoring and managing a remote infusion regimen

Various systems and methods for detecting air in a chamber of an infusion system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a determination is made that air is contained in the chamber on the basis of a change in the average force exerted against the plunger utilizing a derivative spike for event detection and a systematic reduction in the average force to confirm the nature of the change. In another embodiment, a determination is made that the chamber contains air when a difference between the current force profile and a baseline force profile crosses a threshold. In an additional embodiment, a force profile is classified as being an air force profile or a liquid force profile based on extracted features of the force profile.

Air detection system and method for detecting air in a pump of an infusion system

The present technology is generally directed to systems and methods for inspecting an asset in a communication-denied environment. The present technology can include receiving, via an electronic device, an image of a dashboard of the asset; determining, based on the image, a working mode and one or more status identifiers of the asset; transmitting the working mode and the one or more status identifiers to an inspection system; and/or receiving information regarding the status of the asset based on the working mode and one or more status identifiers.

Systems and methods for inspecting multi-mode asset status in communication-denied environments

An infusion pump system and method with multiple drug library editor source capability including: an infusion pump system having a first drug library editor operable to generate a first drug library; a second drug library editor operable to generate a second drug library; and an infusion pump operable to connect to either one of the first drug library editor and the second drug library editor, the infusion pump having an operational drug library being one of the first drug library received from the first drug library editor and the second drug library received from the second drug library editor. The first drug library editor is one of a dedicated drug library editor and an enterprise drug library editor, and the second drug library editor is the other of the one of the dedicated drug library editor and the enterprise drug library editor.

Infusion pump system and method with multiple drug library editor source capability

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for updating asset ownership for telematics-enabled machinery. In some embodiments, the updating asset ownership system comprises asset entities that transmit telemetry data. A communication interface of the updating asset ownership system can receive the telemetry data. An asset ownership data store of the updating asset ownership system can be configured to store asset owner data that identify designated owners associated with the asset entities. An asset ownership comparator of the updating asset ownership system can process the received telemetry data. Based on the processing, the asset ownership comparator can update designated owners of asset entities stored in the asset ownership data store.

Updating asset ownership systems and methods

In one step of a method for infusing an infusion fluid, the infusion fluid is pumped through a fluid delivery line of an infusion system. In another step, measurements are taken with at least one sensor connected to the infusion system. In an additional step, an air determination is determined with at least one processor. The air determination is related to air in the fluid delivery line. The air determination is based on the measurements taken by the at least one sensor. The air determination is further based on: (1) medication information regarding the infusion fluid or infusion information regarding the infusion of the infusion fluid; or (2) multi-channel filtering of the measurements from the at least one sensor or non-linear mapping of the measurements from the at least one sensor; and statistical process control charts applied to the multi-channel filtered measurements or applied to the non-linear mapped measurements.

Infusion system which utilizes one or more sensors and additional information to make an air determination regarding the infusion system

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Glenview, IL, United States of America

Anatoly S Belkin