Patent ID: 7565301

Claim:
A method of creating a patient prescription program or a drug protocol program for controlling a peristaltic pump, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a selection of a patient library or a drug library inputted to the computer system by a user; verifying that a peristaltic pump is in communication with a computer system remote from the pump; receiving program information inputted to the computer system by a user, the program information including a patient name or a drug name, comment information, and precaution information; receiving a begin command inputted to the computer system by a user, the begin command indicating that the computer system is ready to receive keystroke data from the pump; receiving at the computer system keystroke data from the pump as the pump is programmed by a user operating keys on the pump; displaying each individual keystroke datum in a user-readable format on the computer system as the keystroke datum is received at the computer system; storing the program information and the keystroke data on the computer system in association with one another as a patient prescription program in the patient library or a drug protocol program in the drug library which may be recalled later to remotely control the peristaltic pump; and providing a directory on the computer system of the patient library or the drug library whereby the user may select a stored program, and the associated comment information and precaution information of the selected program, but not the keystroke data of the selected program, are displayed for user editing.