Patent ID: 7753881

Claim:
An administration feeding set in combination with a flow control apparatus to deliver fluid from at least one fluid source to a patient, the flow control apparatus comprising a recess, upper and lower sensing devices near the recess for detecting magnetic components or magnetically-susceptible metallic components, and a microprocessor operatively associated with a software subsystem; the administration feeding set comprising: tubing for flow of fluid along a fluid pathway; a mounting member on the tubing receivable in the recess of said flow control apparatus, said mounting member having upper and lower receiving portions co-axial with said fluid pathway, each receiving portion being adapted to receive an identification member; and one or more identification members selectively positioned on one or both of said upper and lower receiving portions of the mounting member, each identification member comprising a magnetic component or a magnetically-susceptible metallic component; the arrangement being such that when the administration set is loaded on the flow control apparatus with the mounting member properly positioned in said recess, the upper and lower sensing devices are positioned for detecting any identification members on the receiving portions of the mounting member to permit identification of the administration feeding set as having a particular functional configuration different from another functional configuration; wherein said software system identifies said functional configuration based on said positioning of said one or more identification members as sensed by said upper and lower sensing devices.