Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Infusion system which utilizes one or more sensors and additional information to make an air determination regarding the infusion system
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Application No.: US16233740Application Date: 2018-12-27
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Publication No.: US11433177B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Meriyan Oruklu , Timothy L. Ruchti , Paul T. Kotnik , Anatoly S. Belkin
- Applicant: ICU Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Clemente
- Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Clemente
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: A61M5/168
- IPC: A61M5/168 ; A61M5/142 ; A61M5/36

Abstract:
In one step of a method for infusing an infusion fluid, the infusion fluid is pumped through a fluid delivery line of an infusion system. In another step, measurements are taken with at least one sensor connected to the infusion system. In an additional step, an air determination is determined with at least one processor. The air determination is related to air in the fluid delivery line. The air determination is based on the measurements taken by the at least one sensor. The air determination is further based on: (1) medication information regarding the infusion fluid or infusion information regarding the infusion of the infusion fluid; or (2) multi-channel filtering of the measurements from the at least one sensor or non-linear mapping of the measurements from the at least one sensor; and statistical process control charts applied to the multi-channel filtered measurements or applied to the non-linear mapped measurements.
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