Patent ID: 6358237
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
In a system for delivering fluids via an oral dispenser to a patient, the oral dispenser being connected through a fluid delivery tube to a pumping station, the method comprising the steps, performed at the pumping station, of:automatically sensing, in response to information provided by the dispenser, a type of the oral dispenser or a mode in which the dispenser is to operate so as to define sensed dispenser information; setting, as an alarm threshold, a minimum or maximum volume per unit time threshold, wherein the minimum or maximum volume per unit time threshold, respectively, is based on the sensed dispenser information; periodically determining a volume of fluids delivered by the pumping station through the dispenser; and if the volume so determined is less than the minimum volume per unit time threshold or greater than the maximum volume per unit time threshold, activating an alarm.