Patent ID: 8388598

Claim:
A method for controlling several infusion pumps, each infusion pump having an infusate assigned to it which is administered to a living being for a pre-determinable period of time as an infusion at a pre-determinable infusion rate, the method comprising: originating control data at a first infusion pump using measured or estimated physiological data of the living being, the control data comprising instructions to activate a second infusion pump, wherein the originating step comprises: comparing the measured or estimated physiological data of the living being with a pharmacokinetic model at the first infusion pump, and automatically originating the control data at the first infusion pump based on results of the comparison; exchanging the control data between the first and second infusion pumps of their own accord for coordinating activating and deactivating the various infusions chronologically; receiving a first portion of the control data at the second infusion pump from the first infusion pump; and activating the second infusion pump in response to receipt of the first portion of the control data from the first infusion pump.