Patent ID: 11881297
Assignee: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus configured to provide update data to a plurality of infusion pumps within a clinical environment, the apparatus comprising:
computer hardware; and
memory, in communication with the computer hardware, and configured to store at least the update data and having an outbound message queue, the apparatus configured to be in communication with a plurality of infusion pumps over a first network that is within the clinical environment, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the computer hardware, configure the apparatus to:
receive messages that include the clinical information;
receive the update data over a second network that provides communication outside of the clinical environment;
store the update data within the clinical environment as blocks of update data;
receive a request for the update data over a first communication channel of the first network from one or more infusion pumps of the plurality of infusion pumps;
determine a status based at least in part on a size of the outbound message queue; and

stream the stored blocks of update data to a group of requesting infusion pumps over a second communication channel of the first network based at least in part on the status, wherein the group of requesting infusion pumps comprises a predetermined number of infusion pumps that is less than all of the plurality of infusion pumps, wherein the instructions further configure the apparatus to stream the stored blocks of update data to the group of requesting infusion pumps by streaming a first block of update data to a first subset of the group of requesting infusion pumps and approximately concurrently streaming a second block of update data different from the first block of update data to a second subset of the group of requesting infusion pumps.