Patent ID: 7762989

Claim:
A system for delivering infusate to a patient, the system comprising: an infusion device; an infusion set; a slide clamp corresponding to the infusion set; a signaling component disposed on the clamp and encoded with a key, the key including an encryption algorithm and a valid number from a valid number table, wherein: (i) the encryption algorithm encrypts the valid number, and (ii) the signaling component identifies the infusion set using the encrypted valid number of the encoded key; a detection device to read the signaling component and configured to generate a signal, the detection device operable with a decryption algorithm, to allow: (a) the decryption algorithm to determine a decrypted valid number by decrypting the encrypted valid number from the encoded key, and (b) the decrypted valid number to be compared to the valid number table; and wherein, based upon the decrypted valid number comparison, the signal generated by the detection device either validates or rejects use of the infusion set with the infusion device.