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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Carefusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel M. Abal, San Diego, CA (US);
Brendan John Burgess, Poway, CA (US);
Ramkumar Subramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
Reza Paiam, San Diego, CA (US);
Ronald Hidalgo, Killaloe, IE;
Hermogenes Escala, Limerick City, IE;
James Hennessy, Annacotty, IE;
CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of detecting a fault condition in an infusion process, the method includes receiving a programmed flow rate pertaining to a fluid infusion provided by an infusion device; determining, a first weight of an infusion container associated with the fluid infusion provided by the infusion device at a first time; determining a second weight of the infusion container at a second time; determining based on the first weight and the second weight, a determined flow rate of the fluid infusion provided by the infusion device between the first time and the second time. The method includes determining a difference between the determined flow rate and the programmed flow rate. When a magnitude of the difference between the determined flow rate and the programmed flow rate satisfies a predetermined threshold, by the processor: causing an output of the infusion device or the weight sensor to indicate the fault condition.