System and method for managing patient care
CA 2434322 C · Owner: Vanderveen, Timothy W. · Inventors: Vanderveen, Timothy W.; Schlotterbeck, David L.; Eggers, Philip N.
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The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing care to a patient, comprising a patient care device (12) having a number of configuration databases stored in a memory in the device. Each configuration database preferably includes protocols operating limits, rule sets and/or , operating features that collectively define an operating environment or , personality, of the device. Selection of a specific configuration database preferably is based at least in part upon patient-specific information obtained from any location in a distributed hospital network. In preferred embodiment, programming a patient care device to deliver a drug to a patient entails activating a …
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- Filed February 25, 2002 and granted July 23, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2022.
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