ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,328, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ICU MEDICAL INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Pump startup algorithms and related systems and methods" was invented by Grant Adams (Coon Rapids, Minn.), William Rossi (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Jim Drost (Woodbury, Minn.), Eric Wilkowske (North Oaks, Minn.), Larry Zalesky (Shoreview, Minn.), Taylor Dowden (Terre Haute, Ind.), Jacob Wander (New Brighton, Minn.), Beth Kregel (Minneapolis) and Sean Riley (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infusion pump includes a pumping mechanism having at least one sensor and a pump motor and a pump control subsystem configured to control operation of t...