Patent ID: 8012120

Claim:
A system for automatically initiating an injection procedure for injection of a fluid medicament into a patient which comprises: a fluid delivery assembly having an injector for infusing a predetermined volume of the medicament into the patient; a control element for setting a predetermined range of values of an operational parameter characteristic of the procedure and a first time interval “Δt 1 ”; the control element also for detecting the operational parameter characteristic of the procedure and for determining continued compliance of the operational parameter at a value, in the predetermined range, during a first time interval “Δt 1 ”, wherein the detected operational parameter is indicative of an interaction between the system and the patient beginning before infusion of the medicament into the patient; and an actuator connected to the fluid delivery assembly, and responsive to the control element, for initiating the injection procedure by the fluid delivery assembly at the expiration of the first time interval “Δt 1 ”.