Appeal No. 2006-3056 2
Application No. 10/278,769
dosage amounts and intervals from a wide range of possible doses
and intervals, and verify that a desired change has been made.
Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on
appeal and reads as follows:
1. A drug infusion system capable of delivering a fluid
medication to a patient under direction of a medical professional,
comprising:
a drug delivery module capable of delivering said fluid
medication to said patient continually at a basal rate and capable
of delivering said fluid medication at an interval rate in each of
a plurality of time slots over a specified period of time, said
interval rate being different from said basal rate;
controller, programmable by said medical professional,
operatively coupled to said drug delivery module to control said
basal rate and said interval rate at which said fluid medication is
delivered to said patient; and
wherein said controller, upon being programmed by said medical
professional to deliver an interval rate for at least one of said
plurality of time slots, determines a total dose of said fluid
medication to be delivered to said patient over said period of time
based on said basal rate and said interval rate for each of said
plurality of time slots, compares said total dose against a maximum
dose and adjusts said basal rate, if necessary, so that said total
dose does not exceed said maximum dose.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
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