Patent ID: 8475411
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for infusing a fluid to a patient comprising: an infusion device programmable with at least one infusion protocol for infusing the fluid to the patient, the infusion device including a pathway adapted to receive a pump set configured to receive fluid from a fluid container and at least one pump adapted to pump fluid through the pump set when the pump set is received in the pathway; and a mock pump set sized to be received in the pathway of the infusion device, the mock pump set not configured to receive fluid from the fluid container; wherein the infusion device is configured to (i) prevent programming of the infusion device with the at least one infusion protocol when neither the pump set nor the mock pump set is received in the pathway and (ii) enable programming of the infusion device with the at least one infusion protocol when the mock pump set is received in the pathway, and wherein the mock pump set has substantially the same length as the pathway of the infusion device.