Patent ID: 7967812
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A drug infusion system capable of delivering a fluid medication to a patient under direction of a medical professional, comprising: a drug delivery module capable of delivering said fluid medication to said patient continually at a basal rate and capable of delivering said fluid medication at an interval rate in each of a plurality of time slots over a specified period of time, said interval rate being different from said basal rate; controller, programmable by said medical professional, operatively coupled to said drug delivery module to control said basal rate and said interval rate at which said fluid medication is delivered to said patient; and wherein said controller, upon being pre-programmed by said medical professional to deliver an interval rate for at least one of said plurality of time slots, determines a total dose of said fluid medication to be delivered to said patient over said period of time based on said basal rate and said interval rate for each of said plurality of time slots, compares said total dose against a maximum dose and adjusts said basal rate, if necessary, so that said total dose does not exceed said maximum dose.