Patent ID: 7540854

Claim:
A method of temporarily substituting a first microprocessor controlled infusion pump for delivering fluid to a patient with a second microprocessor controlled infusion pump, the first microprocessor controlled infusion pump being incompatible for use within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment and being for operating upon an administration tubing set for the purpose of pumping the fluid therethrough according to programming thereof, the administration tubing set being in fluid communication with a source of injection fluid and the patient, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing the second microprocessor controlled infusion pump to be temporarily substituted for the first microprocessor controlled infusion pump, the second microprocessor controlled infusion pump being compatible for use within the MRI environment; (b) providing a second tubing set having at least one portion thereof that is operable to function with the second microprocessor controlled infusion pump; (c) connecting the second tubing set to the administration tubing set to establish an altered fluid path from the source of injection fluid to the patient, the altered fluid path including at least portions of both the administration tubing set and the second tubing set; (d) placing the second microprocessor controlled infusion pump for operation upon the at least one portion of the second tubing set for the purpose of enabling the second microprocessor controlled infusion pump to pump the injection fluid therethrough according to programming thereof; and (e) disconnecting the first microprocessor controlled infusion pump from the administration tubing set before bringing the patient into the MRI environment wherein the patient may be subjected to at least one of imaging and spectroscopy procedures.