Patent ID: 6915170

Claim:
A system for programming a clinical device to deliver medication to a patient comprising: a first processor having a memory in which is stored identification data and clinical device operation parameters for programming the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient; means for detecting an identity of the patient comprising a passive identification system capable of detecting the patient's identity independent of any action by the patient or a care-giver, the means for detecting in communication with the first processor for input of identification data to the first processor; a second processor in communication with the clinical device and the first processor, the second processor configured to receive clinical device operating parameters from the first processor and download those clinical device operating parameters to the clinical device to program the clinical device to deliver the medication to the patient in accordance with the downloaded clinical device operating parameters in response to an acceptable comparison of the detected identification data communicated to the first processor and the identification data stored in the memory of the first processor.