US 7,454,314 B2
Medication management system
Geoffrey N. Holland, Wadsworth, Ill. (US); Patrick B. Keely, Grayslake, Ill. (US); Jeff Pelletier, Fox River Grove, Ill. (US); Charles P. Moran, Colleyville, Tex. (US); John W. Huang, Hillsborough, Calif. (US); Marwan Fathallah, Mundelein, Ill. (US); and Martin A. McNeela, Encinitas, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, Ill. (US)
Filed on Nov. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/591,970.
Application 11/591970 is a division of application No. 10/783642, filed on Feb. 20, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/509404, filed on Oct. 07, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/527583, filed on Dec. 05, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2007/0083344 A1, Apr. 12, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 702—182 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for evaluating the performance of multiple medical devices from a medication management unit, comprising the steps of:
collecting operation information from each medical device at the medication management unit;
generating a statistical measure of variations between the operation information from each medical device at the medication management unit; and
analyzing the statistical measure at the medication management unit to determine if a select medical device has operation information indicating that the select medical device is operating at a level statistically different than non-select medical devices; and
wherein the steps are at least partially performed while one of the medical devices is performing an infusion.