Patent ID: 7922708

Claim:
A method of administering medicinal fluid to a patient, the method comprising: (a) receiving user input to program a controller in a control module, the user input being received via a user interface that is disposed on the control module; (b) slidably installing a medicine-filled container through an opening defined in a fluid delivery module that comprises an actuator module; (c) attaching the fluid delivery module to the control module to provide an electrical connection between the fluid delivery module and the control module; (d) causing the actuator module to dispense a medicinal fluid from the medicine-filled container to a patient in response to an activation signal generated by the controller, wherein the controller generates the activation signal according to the received user input; (e) separating the fluid delivery module from the control module; and (f) repeating steps (b)-(e) with the previously used control module, a different medicine-filled container, and a different fluid delivery module.