Patent ID: 9623176
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A testing device for testing the function of an infusion pump or another medical device within a system of devices comprising an anesthesia apparatus or respirator, wherein the devices of the system of devices exchange data with one another via a communication protocol and wherein there are different configurations of the system of devices, the testing device comprising: a memory with stored sets of test commands and with at least one stored reference response assigned to each test command, wherein each of the sets of test commands is configuration specific and the at least one stored reference response is configuration-specific, corresponding to a configuration of system devices of the test command to which the reference response is assigned; at least one test module activated with a test activation signal to change the infusion pump or the another medical device to a testing state for receiving test commands and generating one or more responses and sending at least one test command from one of the sets of test commands, stored in memory, to the infusion pump or to the another medical device for processing and/or executing the test command with the infusion pump or to the another medical device in the test state, via the communication protocol; and at least one controller receiving a response to the test command, via the communication protocol, that includes data related to execution of the test command by the infusion pump or the another medical device providing an indication that the test command has been executed by the infusion pump or to the another medical device, comparing the response with the at least one stored reference response, assigned to the respective test command, for agreement between the response and the at least one stored reference response related to data arriving in a correct format, in a correct order and in a correct time sequence, and sending a successful function test result indication in case of agreement.