Patent ID: 9594875
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61M,G06F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method of providing updates to a medication administering device, the method comprising: a server sending an update message to the medication administering device relating to one or more update files available to the medication administering device, the update message containing a manifest, the manifest including the location of the update files available to the medication administering device, update file version information, and update file integrity verification information; receiving the update message at the medication administering device; while the medication administering device is being used to administer medication, downloading one or more update files identified by the update message; using the update file integrity verification information to verify that the one or more update files were successfully downloaded; storing the one or more update files on the medication administering device in a first memory location for installation at a future time; storing a currently used device software file and a currently used drug library file of the medication administering device in a second memory location on the medication administering device for recovery purposes; prompting a user of the medication administering device to update the medication administering device; upon the user accepting the update prompt, installing the one or more update files on the medication administering device; wherein the update files include one or more of updated device software and an updated drug library, and the step of prompting the user of the medication administering device to update the medication administering device includes the sub-steps of 1) prompting the user to install the updated device software, and then 2) prompting the user to install the updated drug library only upon successful installation of the updated device software.