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

Claim 0:
1. A method of enabling a preparation of a patient container of medical fluid for administration to a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a fluid transfer module comprising a stopcock and a syringe pump;
providing an electronic medical fluid transfer device comprising a computer processor, the electronic medical fluid transfer device being configured to actuate the stopcock and the syringe pump; and
instructing a user to:
attach the fluid transfer module to the electronic medical fluid transfer device; and
provide a fluid pathway through the stopcock between the syringe pump and a conduit leading to the patient container;

wherein the computer processor of the medical fluid transfer device includes one or more instructions or algorithms configured to:
actuate the syringe pump with the electronic medical fluid transfer device to draw air through the conduit and into the syringe pump;
afterward actuate the stopcock with the electronic medical fluid transfer device to position the stopcock so as to close the fluid pathway between the stopcock and the conduit leading to the patient container and to open a fluid pathway between a medical fluid source container and the syringe pump;
afterward actuate the syringe pump with the electronic medical fluid transfer device to transfer air from the syringe pump into the medical fluid source container;
afterward actuate the syringe pump with the electronic medical fluid transfer device to draw medical fluid from the medical fluid source container into the syringe pump;
afterward actuate the stopcock with the electronic medical fluid transfer device to close the fluid pathway between the medical fluid source container and the syringe pump and to open the fluid pathway between the syringe pump and the conduit leading to the patient container, and

transfer the medical fluid from the syringe pump to the patient container with the electronic medical fluid transfer device.