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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Carefusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Donald Halbert, San Diego, CA (US);
Jesse Guerra, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen Bollish, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/16854 (2013.01); A61M 5/14212 (2013.01); A61M 5/5086 (2013.01); A61M 5/14228 (2013.01); A61M 5/16827 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16863 (2013.01); A61M 2005/16868 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The systems, methods and articles described herein are directed to at least one pressure sensor along a downstream fluid line which senses fluid pressure and assists an occlusion detection feature in determining the presence of occlusions in the downstream fluid line. In addition, the system can dynamically adapt the occlusion detection feature based on a delivery of fluid, such as a bolus, in order to prevent the system from creating a false alarm regarding an occlusion of the downstream fluid line.