Patent ID: 8075514

Claim:
An infusion data communication system having a communication link with which relevant administration data may be communicated in a medical fluid administration system, the administration system having a medical fluid container in which is located medical fluid for administration to a patient and a conduit with a lumen through which the medical fluid from the container is conducted to the patient for administration, the administration system having an upstream end at which the container is located and a downstream end at which the patient is located, the infusion data communication system comprising: a first data transmitting device located at either the upstream end or the downstream end, the first data transmitting device configured to transmit a first radio frequency signal comprising relevant administration data into the medical fluid residing in the lumen of the conduit; and a first data reader device engaged with the conduit at a position between the upstream end and the downstream end, the first data reader device configured to receive from the medical fluid in the lumen the relevant administration data transmitted into the medical fluid by the first data transmitting device.