Baxter International Inc.

Paul Tamura

James G Skakoon

Nicholas Samiotes

Donald Johanson

An infusion pump is powered either from an ac line, a disposable battery or a rechargeable battery. The pump automatically differentiates between disposable and rechargeable batteries, and it includes an alarm activated when the pump senses that the battery has been depleted in accordance with the kind of battery in use.

Infusion pump with battery back-up

An infusion pump system for dispensing a drug to a patient in accordance with a predetermined therapeutic modality, said system including a drug delivering member controlled by a microprocessor and replaceable memory modules coupled to said microprocessor for configuring specific pump user interface and other characteristics required for differing therapeutic modalities. Information specific to a particular patient is entered through input features on the pump.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Paul Tamura