Medical device with contextual awareness

Abstract

A medical device, such as an infusion pump, obtains a contextual awareness of its operation by communicating with centralized patient records and/or other medical equipment communicating with a common patient, and/or provides real time advisory information, at care point or remotely. A protocol obtained by the medical device from a protocol server provides context-aware protocols and necessary predicate information for those protocols. This predicate information may be discovered by the medical device communicating with electronic medical records and the associated medical equipment.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority to US Provisional Application 61 / 565,662, filed December 1, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to medical devices that can monitor and manage patients and patient treatment, and in particular, to medical devices that can provide patient-specific counseling information. Background technique [0004] Medical devices, including, for example, heart monitors, blood oxygen sensors, and infusion pumps, play an important role in providing real-time patient health assurance in hospital and clinical settings. The device can operate autonomously to monitor a patient's vital signs, and administer medication, among other things. Typically, a healthcare professional, such as a nurse, at the discretion of a physician, may enter settings associated with the device into a microprocessor or the like that define ...

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