Medical pump with lockout system

摘要

An infusion pump with a fluid pump, a pump controller and a user interface for the controller which has a display and a set of pushbuttons for providing inputs to the controller when the pushbuttons are depressed in an unlocked state of the pump, is arranged with at least one of the pushbuttons having a multifunction so that it is operable when depressed and released in the unlocked state of the pump to provide an input for use in affecting the operation of the controller, and operable when it is depressed and held in a depressed position for a predetermined time interval (a couple of seconds) in the unlocked state of the pump to initiate a lockout state of the pump in which the push buttons including the said one push button are disabled from providing inputs to the controller.