Patent ID: 11865295
Assignee: ICU MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A method of enabling medical fluid transfer between a source container and a destination container, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an electronic medical fluid transfer device comprising a computer processor, the computer processor being configured to control a first electromechanical driver and a second electromechanical driver;
providing a fluid transfer module comprising a multidirectional fluid control valve, the multidirectional fluid control valve comprising:
an inlet port,
an outlet port,
an intermediate pumping region, and
a rotatable driving interface being configured to interface with the first electromechanical driver;

instructing a user to removably attach the fluid transfer module to the electronic medical fluid transfer device so as to provide a first functional coupling between the first electromechanical driver and the multidirectional fluid control valve, a second functional coupling between the second electromechanical driver and the intermediate pumping region, and an open fluid pathway between the source container and the intermediate pumping region;
providing one or more instructions or algorithms in the computer processor configured to actuate the intermediate pumping region with the second electromechanical driver to draw medical fluid from the source container and into the intermediate pumping region; and
providing an electronic acoustic sensor being configured to detect if the medical fluid within the fluid transfer module comprises one or more regions of air, vacuum, or partial vacuum,
wherein the computer processor is further configured to actuate the intermediate pumping region with the second electromechanical driver to transfer the one or more regions of air, vacuum, or partial vacuum from the intermediate pumping region and into the source container.