Patent ID: 7645258

Claim:
An IV medication infusion pump for use with a hospital information management system (HIMS), said IV pump comprising: (a) pump operation circuitry coupled with said infusion pump for monitoring pre-selected characteristics of current infusion pumping operation, wherein said characteristics of current infusion pumping operation are selected from among rate of pumping, pumping pressure, start time, time of pumping, volume of pumping, dosage, size of tubing, speed of pumping motor, door open, manual programming mode, automatic programming mode, start-up testing, dosage of infusion and bolus of infusion, nurse identification, unique patient identification, a drug name, total volume of infusion, current date, current time, maximum dose limit, minimum dose limit, minimum volume to be infused, maximum volume to be infused, patient weight, and patient height; (b) a wireless signal transmitter connected to said pump operation circuitry for transmitting at least one wireless signal representing said pre-selected current pumping operation characteristics; and (c) a receiver capable of receiving said at least one wireless signal representing said current pumping operation characteristics, said receiver connected to said hospital management system (HIMS) for receiving said current pumping operation characteristics represented by said at least one wireless signal from said IV pump.